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  • One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in place itself made you quite tough. And then you've got this British mother whose entire being rejects 'coddling' in case it makes you too soft. So there's absolutely nothing standing between you and a fairly rough experience.

  • Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a descending spiral, ultimately ending in destruction for all and everybody. Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And you do that by love.

    Hate   Cutting   Men  
    "Loving Your Enemies". Speech delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, November 17, 1957.
  • My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.

    "Roger Moore: My family values". Interview with Nick McGrath, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2012.
  • A man can be beaten in two ways, if he gives up or he dies.

    Giving Up   Men   Two  
  • The game honors toughness

  • Tim Bee has demonstrated his toughness and his compassion, his ability to lead while at the same time listening to others. These are skills few people in public life have. We need Tim Bee working for us in Congress.

  • A question I often get is, "How do you maintain your sanity with so much happening all around you?" I think I developed a certain mental toughness that is required in the business. You have to have a thick skin and a brass bottom, because you're going to kicked a lot.

    Thinking   Skins   Sanity  
    "Congressman James Clyburn The "Blessed Experiences" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.
  • There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

  • 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.

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

  • The best way out is always through.

    North of Boston (1914) "Servant to Servants"
  • Badgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their way up to an honest manhood in spite of parents and friends. Human nature has an element of great toughness in it.

    Children   Hands   Parent  
    Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and Ears”, p.78
  • In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.

    Reality   Car   Ends  
  • 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.

    Football   Team   Winning  
    "Leftovers from Tom Brady interview" by Field Yates, www.espn.com. May 23, 2013.
  • Ability is the result of mental and physical toughness, resourcefulness, and powerful concentration.

  • My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person.

  • Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

    Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.31, St. Martin's Press
  • It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life's opportunities, and to reach your objectives.

    FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 13, 2014
  • For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were the most aggressive, and managed to keep their form in spite of their questionable discipline. Out of the line they were undoubtedly difficult to handle, but once in it they loved a fight. They were a curious mixture of toughness and sentimentality.

  • I've got a couple of things over [ Wladimir Klitschko]: He wouldn't spar with me when I went to the camp and I beat him in a mental toughness competition in the sauna.

    Source: www.mirror.co.uk
  • New York is eating young geniuses [businessmen] up alive. It's eating them up alive, Stone. And it's showing the beauty of the city, but it's showing the toughness and the viciousness of the city.

  • But nature - that is, biological evolution - has not fitted man to any specific environment. On the contrary, ... he has a rather crude survival kit; and yet -this is the paradox of the human condition - one that fits him to all environments. Among the multitude of animals which scamper, fly, burrow and swim around us, man is the only one who is not locked into his environment. His imagination, his reason, his emotional subtlety and toughness, make it possible for him not to accept the environment but to change it.

    Men   Emotional   Animal  
  • When you are rowing well and hard, the rhythm of the stroke takes over. It drives your days and restores your nights. It imparts cadence and direction. You feel like you and the boats are one, you feel that no obstacle will put up any more resistance than the water does to your oars, you feel that hard work and grit and mental toughness will always win it for you in the end.

  • Creativity is the gift that keeps on giving.

    Eric Maisel (1996). “Affirmations for Artists”, Tarcher
  • Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010). “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story”, p.97, Beacon Press
  • The top fighters spar hard. They're really sparring for two reasons: One is to improve their technique, but the other, which is just as important, is to build endurance, toughness, and courage. They want to practice as realistically as possible so that when they go into a real fight, the transition isn't as jarring.

    "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.
  • Mental toughness is essential to success.

    Vince Lombardi (1998). “Seeing the Win: Why I Believe Vision Coaching is Vital to Winning Business Teams in the 21st Century”
  • Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

    Essays "Circles" (1841)
  • I love football. Love it. Love it. I think it's the last bastion of hope for toughness in America in men, in males.

    Football   Men   Thinking  
    Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com
  • Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

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