Quotes about Fortitude
The greatest gift for an individual or a nation... was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
- Aung San Suu Kyi
Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes
- Victor Hugo
Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
- Dag Hammarskjold
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.
- Peter Marshall
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
- Charles Swindoll
I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
- Walt Disney
The brave only know how to forgive.
- Laurence Sterne
you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two imposters just the same
- Mark Batterson
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
- John Wooden
I'm fearless, I don't complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on.
- Sofia Vergara
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt