Toughness Quotes
Collection of top 100 famous quotes about Toughness
Toughness Quotes & Sayings
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Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless.
— Vince Lombardi
I've been a longtime admirer of Condoleezza Rice, because I like her articulateness and style - her toughness and rigor.
— Camille Paglia
The measure of your character and mental toughness is the space between what you are doing and what you could be doing
— William James Moore
He didn't need her tears. He needed her toughness.
— D.B. Reynolds
In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.
— Jacky Ickx
Women are tough, but sometimes women present toughness in different ways.
— Katherine McNamara
Put character and mental toughness before execution and you will get consistent execution.
— William James Moore
Time to improve is limited. The clock is always on and doesn't care if you don't feel like it. Someone else does and they're passing you by.
— William James Moore
Anyone can be tough for a season. It takes a special kind of human to rise to life's challenges for a lifetime.
— Chris Matakas
I'm not concerned with whether you got to the top. I want to know how far you climbed. That is where the real achievement is found.
— William James Moore
Every achievement, every step forward in knowledge, is the consequence of courage, of toughness towards oneself, of sincerity to oneself
— Friedrich Nietzsche
During inflation, Goodwill is the gift that keeps on giving.
— Warren Buffett
You have to be tough.
— Mike Ditka
Mental toughness is essential to success.
— Vince Lombardi
In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.
— William Baldwin
Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.
— Dianne Feinstein
Mental Toughness: The ability to consistently perform toward the upper range of your talent and skill regardless of the competitive circumstances.
— James E. Loehr
Mind over matter.
— Horace Dade Ashton
The game honors toughness
— Brad Stevens
One of the ways to discover our toughness and resiliency is to look back at where we come from. (from Amazon description)
— Jeannette Walls
Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.
— Robert Kiyosaki
Toughness is a skill. I don't think we're all born tough. You learn about toughness through your experience.
— Jay Bilas
Nobody needs to worry about my toughness.
— Carly Fiorina
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Toughness is not being a bully, it's having a backbone.
— Robert Kiyosaki
Lust of ease and comfort absolutely destroys mental toughness and begins to slowly erode ones character.
— William James Moore
It gave me strength and toughness because I had to face reality, no matter how uncomfortable or painful it was.
— Halle Berry
Toughness has nothing to do with size, physical strength or athleticism. Toughness is A SKILL that can be developed & improved.
— Jay Bilas
That even though you look like a warrior and act like a warrior, underneath all that toughness is really a big mushy marshmallow.
— Cambria Hebert
Ability is the result of mental and physical toughness, resourcefulness, and powerful concentration.
— Howard A. Tullman
Toughness is a good thing, yet it is considered good only in men. When a woman is tough, men can't stand it. I like being tough and smart.
— Lillian Vernon
It occurred to him that strength was quite different from toughness and that being vulnerable wasn't quite the same as being weak.
— Michelle Magorian
President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.
— Samantha Power
Anyone with any degree of mental toughness ought to be able to exist without the things they like most for a few months at least.
— Georgia O'Keeffe
Just because we want our favorite team to win does not mean there's any lack of toughness when a player chooses family first.
— LZ Granderson
What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness.
— Debi Thomas
Mia, what is the most important thing for a soccer player to have?" With no hesitation, she answered, "Mental toughness.
— Carol S. Dweck
Israel has been a stage on which American Jews have played out their fantasies of toughness - often from Martha's Vineyard.
— Norman Finkelstein
On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughness/skepticism.
— David Einhorn
Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course
— Bobby Jones
Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.
— Greta Garbo
Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.
— John Bytheway
We've got a motto here-you're tougher than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can.
— Christopher McDougall
We have not journeyed all this way because we are made of sugar candy.
— Winston S. Churchill
My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person.
— Greg Rusedski
Just as mental toughness and physical energy are the primary traits of an army, they also mark God's beautiful woman.
— Elizabeth George
My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.
— Roger Moore
Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can't ever stop.
— Pete Rose
Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.
— Bethany Hamilton
Mental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it's not the best thing for you
— Bill Belichick
We talk about mental toughness all the time. That's the biggest thing good teams have, that they can overcome adversity.
— Bryan Murray
The 3 key components for success are as follows: Psychological Preparedness Physical Conditioning Mental Toughness
— Chuck Norris
Mental toughness is an element in the make up of perseverance.
— Manuela George-Izunwa
A champion always prepares to win.
— D.C. Gonzalez
Upon consideration of the central question of the moon's toughness there can be little doubt. It is hella tough.
— Plato
I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness
— Tom Izzo
My life was my life; I would have to stare it down, somehow, and make it work for me.
— Paula McLain
Mental toughness is Spartanism, with all its qualities of self-denial, sacrifice, dedication, fearlessness, and love.
— Vince Lombardi
Mental toughness must be developed before you start fighting because you don't want to be that guy who quits in the ring.
— Forrest Griffin
Toughness isn't about you and what you want, it's about not quitting because others need you.
— Marc MacYoung
You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it.
— Rocco DiSpirito
The fitting BoD is less about physical strength, more about mental toughness, with fitting minds and fresh eyes.
— Pearl Zhu
The ability to continue moving when you are feeling scared, fearful or lazy is the sign of true mental strength.
— Matthew Donnelly
I felt like the dark hair added like a toughness to my face also, which was really important.
— Jaime King
We are only as sick as our secrets.
— Rob Bell
To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price
— Vince Lombardi
I suppose there is a lot of toughness in me.
— Boy George
People are not born mentally tough. Mental toughness is developed by experience. Developing mental toughness is a very long process.
— C.N. Reede
Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.
— Alex Karras
You run the football for toughness. You run the ball to tell your opponent that you're as tough as they are. But you throw the ball to ring the bell.
— Jerry Glanville
I loved the terrier quality Stuart had. He thought he was such a tough guy.
— Jacquelyn Mitchard
A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough.
— Al From
To succeed you must do the work. To do the work takes character. To keep doing it takes mental toughness.
— William James Moore
It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life's opportunities, and to reach your objectives.
— Zig Ziglar
I've lived in London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Turin. But New York is my favorite city. It has so much energy, so much toughness.
— Lapo Elkann
Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.
— Simon Sinek
Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
— Bobby Knight
Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
His chest heaved, and he coughed.
"You have coughed before," his mother said. "It is a sign of weakness. Control it. — Dorothy Dunnett
"You have coughed before," his mother said. "It is a sign of weakness. Control it. — Dorothy Dunnett
Some people thought scars a sign of toughness. It seemed to Perrin that fewer scars meant that you knew what you were doing.
— Robert Jordan
You are going to get over it sooner or later so get over it now.
— William James Moore
In life, toughness and roughness go together.
— Auliq Ice
I am past scorching; not easily can'st thou scorch a scar.
— Herman Melville