Quotes About Toughness

I often think when a man's once past a certain age, the older he grows the tougher he gets, and women the same or more so.

Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head.

I didn't realize it until I was grown how necessary it is for good people to be tough.

Everything that happened to me as a child was the perfect breeding ground for a rock n' roll singer. It toughened me up. I was on edge; I was needy. I needed people to like me 'cause it made me feel safe... and that gave me confidence.

I think basketball harnessed and built my toughness and competitiveness. I grew up in a tough neighborhood, and you were either going to cry and moan about it or get tough.

All these guys that want to act tough and act like they're hard in the street, that's cool, man. I'm glad you want to act hard, and your emotions are driving crazy, but you need to get out of your feelings, nerds.

CrossFit really helped me with mental toughness, which I really appreciate. It also gave me this network of people cheering me on, which is incredible.

I always give respect to and pay homage to New York, because I don't feel like I would be the player that I am today if it wasn't for New York City. It gives you a certain edge, a certain toughness just growing up in the city.

I've always been a nice guy, but let's face it football's a mean game.

When times are bad, the gloves come off and employers are less nice. People become disposable.

Normal pain is no problem, that just comes with the job.

Sometimes, teachers must be hard. People must be given a hard message because life is hard, and dying is hard

The air scored his throat on each breath like crushed glass.

Put differently, harden the fuck up, soldier. (And beard the fuck on, while we're at it.)

If you weren't a little dirty at the end of the day, you weren't much of a man.

Much has been written about Jack Welch's style of management—especially his toughness and bluntness, which some people call ruthlessness. We would argue that the core of his management legacy is that he forced realism into all of GE's management processes, making it a model of an execution culture.

Los corazones, sabes..., se vuelven más duros y resistentes con cada golpe que reciben.

You're ballsy, Nats. Jeez." "Pfft. Why do men say that? Balls? If you kick them or bump them or they get cold or too warm, you guys go down for the count. I say I have vagina. Way tougher than balls. Though it does hurt to get kicked there." He sputtered and then laughed and laughed. "We need to think of another term, though. Vagina up? No. I'll think about it and get back to you. So did he agree, then? To sell you the guitar, I mean?

You're ballsy, Nats. Jeez." "Pfft. Why do men say that? Balls? If you kick them or bump them or they get cold or too warm, you guys go down for the count. I say I have vagina. Way tougher than balls. Though it does hurt to get kicked there.

Pfft. Why do men say that? Balls? If you kick them or bump them or they get cold or too warm, you guys go down for the count. I say I have vagina. Way tougher than balls. Though it does hurt to get kicked there.

Every day became an epic of endurance.

"Hard," replied the Dodger. "As nails," added Charley Bates.

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.