Quotes About Toughness

I really believe deep in my soul that we're going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice.

Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.

The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.

Play tough Australian cricket. Whether we like it or not, that's in our blood. If you try and walk away from it, we might be the most liked team in the world, we're not going to win. We won't win a game.

Most of us have been in a street fight at one point or another and it's not always the best athlete that wins. Sometimes it's a tough guy that surprises people and I think that still has a major role in football, which is why the numbers don't always decide things.

Texans have in common with Australians, in that they are quite strong, hardy people.

Thank goodness I was blessed with a hard head.

I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She's instilled in me a toughness and a perseverance and just a never-quit mentality, and I thank her every day for providing me, for what she sacrificed her life for.

The real world is harsh.

You don't look as tough as that." "I don't know how tough I am—look at me, sick as a pup. But I bet I can match you for stubborn." A sound came out of him. "Holy shit, Ian—was that a laugh?" "A cough," he lied. "You probably got me sick.

You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it.

The toughest club I worked was owned by a guy named Nunzio. Man, he was tough. One day he said to me, "Kid, you wanna go hunting?" I said, "Okay, I'm game." And he shot me.

The anvil fears no blows.

As a heterosexual ballet dancer, you develop a thick skin.

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

Genuinely normal people were the first to die. Surivors were the few individuals endowed with exceptional tough-mindedness and a certain insensitivity.

There was nothing soft or serene about his appearance, nothing small and dainty. Ross was huge and rough-looking, a walking wall of muscle-rippling, spicy-smelling, rumbling-voiced man. He

The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children's minds are tender, they are also far more tough than many people realize, and they have an openness and an ability to grapple with difficult concepts which many adults have lost. Writers of children's literature are set apart by their willingness to confront difficult questions.

I thought she'd [her mother] offer me some sympathy. Instead, she said, 'Don't you ever call me crying again! You wanted to be in this business, so you better toughen up!' And I did.

When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.

Hardships can harden even the best person.

America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals.

who looked like she chewed on jasmines and spat out nails.

And yet that hardness brings out the softness in us all