Toughness Quotes

144 Toughness quotes by 123 unique authors

A man can be beaten in two ways, if he gives up or he dies. — Richard Machowicz
A man is skillful at woodraft just in proportion as he approaches this balance. Knowing the wilderness can be comfortable when a less experienced man… — Stewart Edward White
I don't teach writing. I teach patience. Toughness. Stubbornness. The willingness to fail. I teach the life. The odd thing is most of the things… — Richard Bausch
The toughness I was learning was not a martyred doggedness, a dumb heroism, but the art of accommodation. I thought: to be tough is to… — Gretel Ehrlich
The game honors toughness — Brad Stevens
I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness — Tom Izzo
Mental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it's not the best thing for you — Bill Belichick
That taught me how to work harder. I learned all about mental toughness on the practice field. If things weren't working out for me in… — Tom Brady
Tim Bee has demonstrated his toughness and his compassion, his ability to lead while at the same time listening to others. These are skills few… — Jim Kolbe
My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person. — Greg Rusedski
I'm a great believer in the character of the club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you compete. That creates urgency… — Tony La Russa
I don’t shout the loudest, and I’m quite shy, which was why I was reluctant to throw myself into the public eye. I love beauty,… — Sarah Burton
The really tough thing about humility is you can't brag about it. — Gene Brown
What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness. — Debi Thomas
Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures,… — Samantha Stosur
I've seen men who thought they were brave turn out to be shameful cowards. Other people, who thought they were capable of the utmost self-sacrifice,… — Unknown Author
There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading… — Mark Rippetoe
A. E. Maxwell wrote one of the smartest, most consistent PI series in recent memory. Big plots, great villains, and a kickass private eye with… — Tim Maleeny
Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a descending… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ability is the result of mental and physical toughness, resourcefulness, and powerful concentration. — Howard A. Tullman
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be… — Peter Koestenbaum
When you are rowing well and hard, the rhythm of the stroke takes over. It drives your days and restores your nights. It imparts cadence… — Barry S. Strauss
When you stand and overcome a significant setback, you'll find an increasing inner confidence and self-assurance that has been created by conquering defeat. Absorbing and… — Bill Walsh
I suppose there is a lot of toughness in me. — Boy George
What can I do now? What am I to become? How can I live in this world I'm condemned to but can't endure? They couldn't… — Anna Kavan

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