Quotes About Fortitude

the mind is a crucial line of defense against adversity.

I just knew that no matter how bad the pain, I had to keep going.

I knew then that I would not turn back. I'd struggled to come this far, and I would commit myself to whatever happened next.

Never give up, no matter what.

She had a high tolerance for pain, and a low tolerance for bullshit.

The trick wasn't necessarily having less fear, it was finding more courage.

It wasn't really, he knew, about less fear. It was about more courage.

With patience comes power.

Despond not, though times be bale, And baleful be, Though winds blow stout –

what often distinguished great people of the arts wasn't genius, but perseverance.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

I would describe a hero as a person who has no fear of life, who can face life squarely.

Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble.

Do not lay things too much to heart. No one is ever really beaten unless he is discouraged.

The man prepared to die will not be beaten cheaply.

Tough people don't die easily. You'll be surprised how much it takes to kill a strong human being.

I had survived that; I would survive this; survival did not mean enjoyment.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

Come when thou will: I shall meet thee bravely.

Once you are close enough to see it coming, there's nothing to do but weather the storm.

Put ten people together in a Laundromat and chances are you won't be the one who's worst off

Either you dissolve into a puddle, or you take the blow on the cheek and force yourself to lift your face again for more.