Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self-mettle tires him. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
What though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
As a blacksmith uses heat to temper steel, so should a trial by fire strengthen ones mettle. -- Jeffrey Fry — Jeffrey Fry Copy Share Image
Cowards shrink from toil and peril, Vulgar souls attempt and fail; Men of mettle, nothing daunted, Persevere till they prevail. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse than being shackled by some miniscule sort of technology you have onstage, and I think your mettle is going… — El-P Copy Share Image
I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin. — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
This camp is a forge for the army; it's testing our mettle. Instead of heat and hammer, our trials are cold and… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Jay was intimidating to the point where I was totally intimidated before I even got to the booth. But I was like,… — Bun B Copy Share Image
The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
He says he was physically not right, that's fine but the mentality, even if you're not right, you're still in a fight… — Andre Ward Copy Share Image
I love the game. I think it's a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle… — Bill Parcells Copy Share Image
I don't know about living on an automatic pilot, but I've had times where I've decided to just test myself and my… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
Well could he ride, and often men would say, "That horse his mettle from his rider takes: Proud of subjection, noble by… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as… — Aaron Hill Copy Share Image
If we didn't have any stress, we'd never grow and you'd probably wouldn't test your mettle and you'd probably wouldn't come up… — David Allen Copy Share Image
If you view everything through the lens of fear, then you tend to stay in retreat mode. You can just as easily… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
A great many people never really discover themselves until ruin stares them in the face. They do not seem to know how… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
I'll listen to you, but you need to treat me with a little respect. Because it doesn't sound like I'm a pawn.… — Larissa Ione Copy Share Image
Turn off your computer and go out of doors. Dig a large enough hole to transplant a mature apple tree. Nurture the… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
I think the biggest survival instinct that Midwesterners possess is self deprecation, it's almost a Buddha-like sense of humor in anything that… — Amy Pietz Copy Share Image
I suspect it was...the old story of the implacable necessity of a man having honour within his own natural spirit. A man… — Laurens van der Post Copy Share Image
My agent called me and said, they watched you do Chopped Champions and they thought you'd be good for this competition. What… — Geoffrey Zakarian Copy Share Image
Ever note, Lucilius, When love begins to sicken and decay It useth an enforced ceremony. There are no tricks in plain and… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If you walk through life in a fighting pose with your fists balled up and ready to strike, someone, someday, somewhere, is… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
“The true test of a soldier’s mettle is whether or not they will cling to what they believe in, even in the… — Matthew S. Williams Copy Share Image
“Her heart, she had discovered in the last half year, was of durable stuff. You could test its mettle with a hammer.” — Paul Russell Copy Share Image
O magnet-South! O glistening perfumed South! My South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! Good and evil! O all dear… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The sort of movies I make are not ones that can easily be sold upfront, so I have to make them and… — Amber Sealey Copy Share Image
Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him -… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I find life itself provides ample and sufficient tests of my valor and mettle: illness; betrayal; fruitless searches for love; working for… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Britain won its wars on the playing fields of Eton. America developed its mettle at the muddy gaps of the Cumberlands, in… — Harvey Broome Copy Share Image
Well, I guess I’m just not as special as you are. (Urian) No one knows their true mettle until it’s been tested.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has… — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
There is oftentimes a great deal of knowledge where there is but little wisdom to improve that knowledge. It is not the… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
