Quotes About Fortitude

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

You never know yourself until the chips are down. True strength is not measured when your at your strongest, but when you're at your weakest.

When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up.

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

Sometimes when you're treated unfairly it makes you stronger and more determined. I admire that kind of strength. People who have it take a stand and put their blood and soul into what they believe.

Daring to me is having courage; it's a daily meditation to take breath and find strength.

There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.

Human beings are like tea-bags. You don't know your own strength until you get into hot water.

The strain of life is what builds our strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength.

God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals

Whatever we cultivate in times of ease, we gather as strength for times of change.

He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.

For sheer strength of character, I wouldn't have dared to cross swords with Callas. I would rather have gone six rounds with Jack Dempsey.

None of us can hope to get anywhere without character, moral courage and the spiritual strength to accept responsibility.

In terrible moments, in moments of revolution, of war or repression, of illness or death, people react with incredible strength.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

When you get pushed down, you pick yourself up and move on. I've never been a victim.

When we are strong, we are always much greater than the things that happen to us.

When you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.

The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.

A person has to be strong in life. A person must practice strength, even if they don't feel it.

He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.

Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.