Quotes About Fortitude

You have to learn when to ignore suffering so that you're strong enough to fight it when the time is right.

I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay.

Elizabeth George Speare

What Richard is talking about is instead admitting to the existence of negative thoughts, understanding where they came from and why they arrived, and then - with great forgiveness and fortitude - dismissing them.

As for things that could not be changed, they must stoically be endured.

Most dangerously of all, such thinking assumes that if you cannot win, then you must not continue to play.

That s what her mother said 'Stop your weeping and carry on

I think it's far more honorable to stay in the game - even if you're objectively losing the game - than to excuse yourself from participation because of your delicate sensibilities.

You should never give yourself a chance to fall apart because, when you do, it becomes a tendency and it happens over and over again. You must practice staying strong, instead.

You should never give yourself a chance to fall apart, when you do, it become a tendency and it happens over and over again. You must practice staying strong, instead.

One must bear what cannot be escaped.

there was dignity to be found in stoicism

I believe that life cannot be survived—that is evident!—but if one is lucky, life can be endured for quite a long while. If one is both lucky and stubborn, life can sometimes even be enjoyed.

Second, and far more important: tuck your chin. You're going to get hurt, so expect it and be ready. You may as well see it coming.

precisely because she was

You have fought a hard battle, in hard conditions, and held a position until help came. Think of it like that.

Don't fear trouble—be ready for it.

Courage is inherent in all creatures; it is the quality that keeps them alive, because they endure.

Now is the time for guts and guile

Don't know how I kept going. You just do. You have to, so you do.

notwithstanding

The thing about fear," said Cadfael, seriously considering, "is that it is pointless. When need arises, fear is forgotten.

Grit, or the ability to endure, is hard to come by. It is developed only by walking through the fire and not giving up.

and so tough that it cannot be worked with ordinary tools.