Quotes About Toughness

I was still trying to be the toughest guy in Temple Hills, like that meant something.

it was only much later that I found out hardness worked better than love.

The strong don't necessarily survive, but the mean invariably do.

And at that moment, out of nowhere, Janet knew that she herself would never have children. Probably she'd known it for a while, but it was the first time she'd admitted it to herself. Let others breed. Let them, and God be with them. She would be the witness—she was tough enough to see everything break and not break herself. They also serve who fly around on hippogriffs and watch.

I'm a great believer in the character of a club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you compete. That creates urgency and toughness. That elevates the talent that you have.

Masochism is a valuable job skill.

She comes from fighters—her mom can drive a stick shift, smoke a cigarette, drink a soda, put on mascara, and deliver a smack to every member of the family without taking her eyes off the highway.

A black hole sucks up its surroundings and even light never escapes. Better then to ask no questions? Better then to be a contented pig than an unhappy Socrates? Since factory farming is tougher on pigs than it is on philosophers I'll take a chance.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction." —Martin Luther King, Jr., "Strength to Love," 1963

Life there was hard and it made people hard.

People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul...

We're becoming a nation of sissies.

Dad said High Lonesome, as the area was known, wasn't a place for the soft of head or the weak of heart, and he said that was why he and I made out just fine there, because we were both tough nuts.

You busted your snot locker pretty good.

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encourages them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

I'm an American actor. I work with my clothes on. I have to. Riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres.

When you think about your heritage, you think about toughness and hard work.

You come out hurting all over, and what didn't hurt, didn't work.

I like guys who can use strategy, not just tough guys.

I've never been in a street fight before, like one-on-one.

Girl, I've seen people shot. I've smelled, like, the smell of brains. When I tell you I come from the streets, I'm not kidding.

I stretch for a full hour before a fight because I know I'm going to take a lot of punishment in the ring. That's my secret.

My striking isn't the prettiest, and I hit really hard.

Typically, when someone gets a choke on me, I have a pretty strong neck. It's usually hard to choke me.