A Quote by Tullian Tchividjian

Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the "stiff upper lip" school of thought.

Tullian Tchividjian

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Tullian Tchividjian
American - Priest
Born: July 13, 1972

And though hard be the task, 'Keep a stiff upper lip'.

Phoebe Cary

And though hard be the task, keep a stiff upper lip.

Phoebe Cary

I was putting on a stiff upper lip and trying to fulfill the obligations I thought were demanded of me, taking over my father's role of taking care of my mother... and having to be the recipient of her confessions and emotions but of a delusional nature.

Allen Ginsberg

It's a very valuable function and requirement that you're performing, so have a great day and keep a stiff upper lip.

Dan Quayle

Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!

Phoebe Cary

I'm not one to complain about illness. I suppose I have a bit of a stiff upper lip. I just tend to get on with things.

Ben Fogle

And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?

Jessie J

And so I was very grateful that I didn't do the British stiff upper lip, but I went straight to a therapist. And she was wonderful and helpful, and I went for about two years.

Lynn Redgrave

I was brought up in a fairly emotionally repressed kind of society in Northeast England where one didn't express emotions and was expected to keep a stiff upper lip.

Paul Rodgers

Don't be too brave. Bravery is a fine thing on some occasions, but sometimes it can be quite a dangerous thing. The stiff upper lip is not always the best.

Jeremy Brett

I grew up in southern Africa but was born in England, so my family was afflicted with the stiff upper lip of the British. When coupled with the violence we saw as children, that can be a fatal combination. Fortunately, I have an outlet for trauma in my writing.

Alexandra Fuller

I wasn't some stud athlete at school that was destined to be a professional wrestler. I was just an insecure little guy that didn't want to go to school because I had zits on my upper lip.

Randy Orton

I studied in Britain and spent great moments of my life there as a student living in Belsize Park. I admire the British trait of the stiff upper lip in the face of adversity. My wife studied in Britain too and both of us have many friends there.

Asif Ali Zardari

I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school.

John Oates

It is poison - rank poison - to knuckle down to care and hardships. They must come to us all, albeit in different shapes, and we may not escape them. It is not possible. But we may swindle them out of half of their puissance with a stiff upper lip.

Mark Twain

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