Quotes about Fortitude

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.

Patience and fortitude conquer all things.

To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his right and left hand. He uses both.

To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

I would rather wear out than rust out.

Don't feel sorry for me.

Tenacious people don't rely on luck, fate, or destiny for their success. And when conditions become difficult, they keep working.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

There is no better test of character than a man's treatment of difficulties. The coward shuns them; the lazy man tries to go around them; the idler dawdles in front of them, waiting like Micawber for something to turn up or some miracle to remove them; the baby-man waits for some friend to lift him over them ; but the manly man surmounts them.

Bravery is physical; courage is mental and moral.

keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.

No man is ever whipped, until he quits— in his own mind.