Fortitude Quotes - Page 2

• It is true fortitude to stand firm against
  All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die
  In fear to suffer more calamity.

  Philip Massinger

  Fate, Suffering, Coward

  Philip Massinger, William Gifford, John Ferriar (1813). “The Plays of Philip Massinger: The bandman. The renegado. The parliament of love. The Roman actor. The great Duke of Florence”, p.375

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• That way of life against which my generation rebelled had given us grim courage, fortitude, self-discipline, a sense of individual responsibility, and a capacity for relentless hard work.

  Rose Wilder Lane

  Hard Work, Responsibility, Self

  Rose Wilder Lane (1985). “Old Home Town”, p.24, U of Nebraska Press

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• People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.

  William Faulkner

  Frustration, People, Needs

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• Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

  Jacqueline Bisset

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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• No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted.

  Orson F. Whitney

  Pain, Suffering, Trials

  "Faith precedes the miracle". Book by Spencer W. Kimball, 1972.

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• To you who answered the call of your country and served in its Armed Forces to bring about the total defeat of the enemy, I extend the heartfelt thanks of a grateful Nation. As one of the Nation's finest, you undertook the most severe task one can be called upon to perform. Because you demonstrated the fortitude, resourcefulness and calm judgment necessary to carry out that task, we now look to you for leadership and example to further exalting our country in peace.

  Harry S. Truman

  Country, Grateful, Heart

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• Agriculture is for living; mind culture is for life. Skills are for shaping material things so that they cater more for the comfort of man; studies are for shaping attitudes, feelings, desires, emotions and impulses of man, so that they may confer more peace, more joy and more fortitude on man.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Attitude, Men, Skills

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• Being an entrepreneur is simply going from one mistake to the next. You must have the fortitude to continue on.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Mistake, Entrepreneur

  Twitter post from May 07, 2014

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• I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.

  Bruce Lee

  Memories, Lying, Past

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• Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing the definition of fortitude.

  Philip Sidney

  Bravery, Advice, Mind

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.7

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• Fortitude is a great help in distress.

  Plautus

  Helping, Distress

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• Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.

  David Mallet

  Patience, Gratitude, Sweet

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• A man's word and his intestinal fortitude are two of the most honorable virtues known to mankind.

  Jim Nantz

  Inspirational, Motivational, Commitment

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• The first need of being is endurance; to endure with gladness if we can, with fortitude in any event.

  Bliss Carman

  Endurance, Events, Needs

  Bliss Carman (1903). “The Kinship of Nature”

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• CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Evil, Bears, Callous

  Ambrose Bierce (2004). “The Devil's Dictionaries: The Best of the Devil's Dictionary and the American Heretic's Dictionary”, p.22, See Sharp Press

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• People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.

  William Faulkner

  Strength, Mean, Artist

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• Dear friends, sometimes we may be tempted to allow ourselves be overtaken by laziness or despondency, especially when faced with the hardships and trials of life. In these cases, do not lose heart, but invoke the Holy Spirit, so that with the gift of fortitude He can lift our hearts and communicate new vigor and enthusiasm to our lives and our following Jesus.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Heart, May

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• Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which I would have done but did not do. Can I find the fortitude to remember in truth,to understand, to submit, to forgive and to be free to move on in time?

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Forgiveness, Attitude, Moving

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• Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

  Jacqueline Bisset

  Character, Age, Youth

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Receptiveness is a rare and massive power, like fortitude.

  George Eliot

  Massive

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.3224, Delphi Classics

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• Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

  Michelle Obama

  Confidence, Country, African American

  "Michelle Obama due to arrive in UK to promote girls' education" by Sally Weale, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2015.

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• Pray for intestinal fortitude, work hard, and keep the faith. Oh, and pray for good luck, you're gonna need it.

  Jerry Reed

  Good Luck, Hard Work, Needs

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• True fortitude is seen in great exploits
  That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides;
  And all else is tow'ring phrenzy and distraction.

  Joseph Addison

  Courage, Justice, Distraction

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• Without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

  Maya Angelou

  Courage, Practice, Remember You

  "Diversity : Leaders Not Labels" by Stedman Graham, (p. 224), 2006.

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• To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude.

  Confucius

  Practice, Vitality, Vigor

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