Quotes about Fortitude

The hardship of the exercises is intended less to strengthen the back than to toughen the mind. The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has its legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.

He who whets his steel, whets his courage.

We need a backbone, not a wishbone.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

Like hearts of oak.

The time to prepare for life's disappointments and hurts is in advance.

The more we yield to pressure, the more easily we will yield next time.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.

And no matter what game they play We got something they can never take away

You will never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Then, lastly, there is another reason why the good are afflicted with temporal calamities—the reason which Job's case exemplifies: that the human spirit may be proved, and that it may be manifested with what fortitude of pious trust, and with how unmercenary a love, it cleaves to God.