Toughness Quotes

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  The best way out is always through.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  North of Boston (1914) "Servant to Servants"

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  Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.

  Alex Karras

  Strength, Fitness, Inspirational Sports

  "Alex Karras obituary" by Michael Carlson, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2012.

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• We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Heart, Mind, Tough

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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  Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Twitter post from Feb 03, 2011

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  Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

  Jerry Rice

  Motivational, Success, Sports

  "Getting Earnest With Movement". Noisey Interveiw, noisey.vice.com.

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• Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

  Alexander Graham Bell

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Procrastination

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• Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• A man can be beaten in two ways, if he gives up or he dies.

  Richard Machowicz

  Giving Up, Men, Two

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• Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Focus And Concentration, Victory

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• Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift.

  Chris Evert

  Meaningful, Athlete, Skills

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  Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

  Lance Armstrong

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  "It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life". Book by Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins, May 22, 2000.

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  If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Running

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it's digging deep, it's doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.

  Tom Brady

  Football, Team, Winning

  "Leftovers from Tom Brady interview" by Field Yates, www.espn.com. May 23, 2013.

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• It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

  Edmund Hillary

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

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• Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It's a state of mind-you could call it character in action.

  Vince Lombardi

  Leadership, Character, Sacrifice

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.120, McGraw Hill Professional

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

  Bethany Hamilton

  Inspirational, Girl, Courage

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• The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

  Randy Pausch

  Inspirational, Strength, Perseverance

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  'Essays' (1841) 'Heroism'

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• Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

  Aristotle

  Veterans Day, Military, American Veterans

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  Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

  Greta Garbo

  Happiness, Smile, Fake People

  Raymond Daum, Raymond W. Daum, Greta Garbo (1992). “Walking with Garbo: conversations and recollections”, Perennial

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• Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Inspirational, Witty, Women

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• To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Inspirational, Success, Goal

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• The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.

  Steven Pressfield

  Real, Army, Winning

  Steven Pressfield (1999). “Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae”, Bantam

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• Creativity is the gift that keeps on giving.

  Eric Maisel

  Creativity, Vacation, Giving

  Eric Maisel (1996). “Affirmations for Artists”, Tarcher

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• Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Memorial Day, Men, Remembrance

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