Quotes About Toughness

I always know what to expect of the things of Mother Earth. Sometimes they are cruel, but it is hard, clean cruelty. They don't torture you with their own weakness.

Life is hard, Should you be too?

I probably carry more scar tissue on my derrière than any other candidate-that's political scar tissue.

Politics has never been for the thin-skinned or the faint-of-heart, and if you enter the arena, you should expect to get roughed up.

One thing I've noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.

Your spirit must be strong to survive a shock.

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.

To escape the cycle of tragedy, we (searchers) have to be tough on the ideas of the planners, even while we salute their goodwill.

Damage hardens us all. It will harden you too, when it finds you—and it will find you.

Dwayne understood that his brother was not meant for this place, that some people were born too soft to bear the teeth of this world. There was no place for weakness in a world like this. Survival was so often a matter of meanness.

Me Brock Lesnar. Here comes the pain. God built me strong. Forget to give me brain.

Good soldiers are defined by what they can endure, not by what they can inflict.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

Happiness is often hard-hearted.

I'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.

But our country's equivalent of gritty reality is more like "Look out Sarge, he's got a shooter!"

I can't be a cream puff.

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'

It's not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough.

I believe i am hard as a stone, but even a stone breaks if you smash it real hard.....

Hjertet er ikke av glass," sa hun, "hjertet er en muskel, det er en robust rakker.