Quotes About Fortitude

If I had to cram all my tournament experience into one sentence, I would say, Don't give up and don't let up!

My experience is that you can't possibly win against whatever the tidal wave is that's coming at you.

A secret life taught me: it doesn't get easier, you become stronger.

Resistance carves you into strength.

I pulled myself back before wind could knock me down. I survived the wind and my own person.

What loss is there in dignity, what worry is there of failure?

It's okay to fail; it's not okay to quit.

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Failure isn't final until you quit!!

Failure isn't failure unless you just stop with that.

Failure will hurt but not hinder us.

No one is beat till he quits, no one is through till he stops. No matter how hard failure hits, no matter how often he drops, a fellow's not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to rise.

Giving up is the only sure way to fail.

A failure becomes just one time at bat if you refuse to let it defeat you.

Failure is a disappointment, but not defeat.

Defeats and failures are great developers of character. They have made the giants of our race by giving Titanic muscles, brawny sinews, and far-reaching intellects.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

Victory is not final. Defeat is not failure. It's all about courage.

No failure is final unless you ratify it.

Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.

Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you

Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely.

Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith.