Quotes About Fortitude

Hardship, in forcing us to exercise greater patience and forbearance in daily life, actually makes us stronger and more robust. From the daily experience of hardship comes a greater capacity to accept difficulties without losing our sense of inner calm. Of course, I do not advocate seeking out hardship as a way of life, but merely wish to suggest that, if you relate to it constructively, it can bring greater inner strength and fortitude.

There are 3 things in life you need: Fortitude, Tenacity and Guts. Fortitude to stand, no matter what, Tenacity to stick with it and Guts to deal with whatever is in front of you.

Whatever life gives you, even if it hurts you, just be strong and act like you're okay. Remember: strong walls shake but never collapse.

The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.

It takes nothing to join the crowd but it takes everything to stand alone.

I think what touched me most was a letter sent by a convent of Dominican nuns. This wonderful missive urged courage and fortitude; it was sort of the Dominican version of "Go, girlfriend.

The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack.

Be thou erect, or be made erect.

Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.

Nothing happens to any thing which that thing is not made by nature to bear.

We give to necessity the praise of virtue.

Marcus, the body can take damn near anything. It's the mind that needs training. The question that guy was being asked involved mental strength. Can you handle such injustice? Can you cope with that kind of unfairness, that much of a setback? And still come back with your jaw set, still determined, swearing to God you will never quit? That's what we're looking for.

Those instructors have watched men drop, watched them fail, watched them quit, and watched them quietly, with ice-cold, expressionless faces. That's not heartless; it's because they were only interested in the others, the ones who did not crack or quit. The ones who would rather die than quit. The ones with no quit in them.

Turning the other cheek was a lovely sentiment, but in the real world, it mostly resulted in matching bruises. Better

made it my business to be tough in the ways that they were tough—on the inside, where it counted. The

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

She is one of those people who have found serenity because they have never tried to dodge suffering.

You must bear losses like a soldier, the voice told me, bravely and without complaint, and just when the day seems lost, grab your shield for another stand, another thrust forward. That is the juncture that separates heroes from the merely strong.

Hardships make or break people.

Margaret Murphy