Quotes About Fortitude

and firm and forthright, to show neither fear nor uncertainty—no matter how fearful and uncertain I may be inside; I see no other way to survive this ordeal.

You feel your strength in the experience of pain.

Don't give up, don't ever give up.

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

El miedo no es vergonzoso, sólo lo es la cobardía.

Esbandalhados nós estávamos, escatimados naquela esfrega. Esmorecidos é que não. Nenhum se lastimava, filhos do dia, acho mesmo que ninguém se dizia de dar por assim. Jagunço é isso. Jagunço não se escabrêia com perda nem derrota — quase que tudo para ele é o igual. Nunca vi. Pra ele a vida já está assentada: comer, beber, apreciar mulher, brigar, e o fim final.

It isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.

Strength is one of those things you're supposed to have. You don't feel that you have it at the time you're going through it.

Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life.

What are people going to do? Fire me? I've been fired before. Not book me? I've been out of work before. I don't care.

The hidden strength is too deep a secret. But in the end...in the end it is our only ally.

But I don't want to lose my guts answered Pumpkin

what mattered was still there. That was what they all felt, what surprised them all. What mattered couldn't be shaken.

Anyone can face ease and success with confidence. It is the way we face trouble and misfortune that defines us.

Good steel bends, but never breaks. Good steel stays always sharp and ready. Good steel feels no pain, no pity, and above all, no remorse

Got to have fear to have courage,

You have to have fear to have courage.

Strange how, as long as the hardship lasts, we can stand it. As soon as the crisis is over, the strength all leeches away in an instant.

Rose spoke up softly beside me. 'It's how you handle the unfairness of life -that's what matters, I think.'...In this city of imprisonment, I had seen faith and optimism, strength and fortitude in the face of adversity.

Some people believe that holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go — and then do it.

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life. . . . Look it squarely in the eye, and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.