Mettle Quotes

29 Mettle quotes by 24 unique authors

I suspect it was...the old story of the implacable necessity of a man having honour within his own natural spirit. A man cannot live and… — Laurens van der Post
What though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care. — William Shakespeare
Well could he ride, and often men would say, "That horse his mettle from his rider takes: Proud of subjection, noble by the sway, What… — William Shakespeare
I love the game. I think it's a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week. There's… — Bill Parcells
Stay, my lord, And let your reason with your choler question What 'tis you go about: to climb steep hills Requires slow pace at first:… — William Shakespeare
O magnet-South! O glistening perfumed South! My South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! Good and evil! O all dear to me! — Walt Whitman
The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they value in their… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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 and you still… — Andre Ward
I find life itself provides ample and sufficient tests of my valor and mettle: illness; betrayal; fruitless searches for love; working for the abusive, the… — David Rakoff
We are not built for the mountains and the dawns and aesthetic affinities, those are for moments of inspiration, that is all. We are built… — Oswald Chambers
Britain won its wars on the playing fields of Eton. America developed its mettle at the muddy gaps of the Cumberlands, in the swift rapids… — Harvey Broome
If you walk through life in a fighting pose with your fists balled up and ready to strike, someone, someday, somewhere, is going to want… — Neal Boortz
Ever note, Lucilius, When love begins to sicken and decay It useth an enforced ceremony. There are no tricks in plain and simple faith; But… — William Shakespeare
Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him - that is the… — Theodore Roosevelt
You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire… — Buffalo Bill
There's nothing worse than being shackled by some miniscule sort of technology you have onstage, and I think your mettle is going to get tested… — El-P
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 mettle, and for… — Will Ferrell
To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to… — Jose Marti
Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin. — Ryan Reynolds
We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle. — Oswald Chambers
Well, I guess I’m just not as special as you are. (Urian) No one knows their true mettle until it’s been tested. This is yours.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
This camp is a forge for the army; it's testing our mettle. Instead of heat and hammer, our trials are cold and hunger. Question is,… — Laurie Halse Anderson
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. Sounds like I'm… — Larissa Ione
There is oftentimes a great deal of knowledge where there is but little wisdom to improve that knowledge. It is not the most knowing Christian… — Thomas Brooks

Who Wrote These Mettle Quotes

24 authors contributed a total of 29 Mettle Quotes as follows: