Quotes About Toughness

When Cohn boasted that he had spent much of his life under indictment, Trump asked whether Cohn had really done what was alleged. "What the hell do you think?" Cohn responded with a smile. Trump said he "never really knew" what that meant, but he liked Cohn's toughness and loyalty. Cohn

The world was cruel with its rations.

His Starlight should've been in bed, resting. Instead, she was here, fighting to clean up a mess of violence, fighting to save lives. Because she was Silver Fucking Mercant, and she was as tough as any bear in StoneWater. Including its alpha.

If Christians hope to offer the world a credible solution to toxic behavior in men, they must demonstrate that Christianity has the power to address it first of all among those within the church's own orbit of influence. The Bible calls men to be both tough and tender, both courageous and caring. Men who know they are made in God's image can

It is hard now, very hard, but the difficulty is familiar.

we had more skill than you can imagine, at almost every position. But guys didn't want to put in the effort or to play with toughness and togetherness, and the incredible skills never developed into talent.

Her mind was empty of everything but the feel of iron gritting through muscle and cartilege.

Fathers, on the other hand, were there to toughen children up, to say Walk it off when mothers would hold them if they fell. Mothers were the carrot. Fathers were the stick.

It hurts like hell," I warned. He shrugged. "Most things do.

When I slept outside in winter, it wasn't unusual for me to wake up blue in the face with icicles on my nose. In those days, there was no such thing as hypothermia.

Some nations and some people melt in the heat of crisis and come apart like fat in the pan. Others meet the challenge and harden. I think you're going to harden.

I don't break; I bounce.

Your ability to survive anything that gets thrown at you sometimes leaves the rest of us swallowing ulcer medication for days afterward. I don't like the taste of Maalox.

sympathy is not for the weak of mind.

but sympathy is not an art for the weak willed

Picking a fight with the biggest guy in the room might look like a useful way to assess how tough I am, but if this is why I'm doing it, then I'm not tough at all—I'm painfully insecure. Similarly, choosing to mountain-climb in the service of mettle-testing might reflect your self-doubt, not your courage and taste for adventure.

Her heart, she had discovered in the last half year, was of durable stuff. You could test its mettle with a hammer.

It is unforgiving of weakness

toughness isn't the same as strength

We singe but never burn.

Life's a bitch and so am I.

barrel-chested general was like the proverbial boxer with an iron right punch and a granite jaw.