Quotes About Fortitude

In the Depression especially, I think you learn to face problems and not run away from them.

I won't let anything destroy me.

I believe in the power of determination.

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

All enchantments die; only cowards die with them.

My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong.

That's what Stay Hyped is all about, is 'I can go when others can't, I won't tap out when others will.' It's kind of just living my mantra.

The good thing about having the target on my back is that I am a very hard target to hit.

I'm very militant with my state of mind. I'm very task at hand and I don't let any interference ever enter my mind.

My father taught me that the easiest thing to do was to quit. He'd say, 'It doesn't take any talent to do that.'

I've been written off more times than some of the government's tax returns but I just keep plodding along.

What I bring to the table to help my team is that I'm never going to quit.

but if you get a chance to be the baddest and strongest, always be the baddest and strongest.

We all have moments of weakness. It's how we recover from them that really counts.

In a note to a West Point classmate, Eisenhower wrote, "There is no use denying that at times discouragement has piled on top of discouragement.

Eisenhower wrote his own son at West Point: "I have observed very frequently that it is not the man who is so brilliant [who] delivers in time of stress and strain, but rather the man who can keep on going indefinitely, doing a good straightforward job.

The features of character are carved out of adversity.

you can develop all of the wonderful traits you need to succeed—focus, humility, toughness, and passion—but if you quit when things become difficult or when you become discouraged, they all are worthless.

If you can laugh in the face of adversity, you're bullet-proof.

All I am saying is that sometimes you're doing quite a lot by not doing anything. You're not quitting. You just keep going. That's the pioneer spirit.

Okay, son. All I am saying is that sometimes you're doing quite a lot by not doing anything. You're not quitting. You just keep going. That's the pioneer spirit.

No one is coming to save you. You're the only one left for this assignment.

When beset with doubt in troubled times, and those about you will understand if you come unglued, stay the ground and face the challenge. Fore when you stand alone to confront life's highest mountains, the next shall be easier to climb.

ROBERT A. CARTER