Top 1200 Tough World Quotes & Sayings - Page 3
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Last updated on April 21, 2025.
New York City is a very tough place. I'm tough, too. When people give me a punch in the nose, I react by getting even tougher.
Tough times make tough people.
I think it's a tough road if you're a stay-at-home mom, a working mom, if you have a partner, if you don't. It's the best job in the world, and the toughest job in the world all at the same time.
I've never worked in the U.K. television industry, but my guess it that it's a tough world for directors.
Look for a tough wedge for a tough log.
When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.
Everybody thinks this is a tough man's sport. This is not a tough man's sport. This is a thinking man's sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.
This world's a tough place to live in and you have to have something to fall back on.
To kids, I've always been more than just some big tough black guy. I train to be tough - I box and do karate - but underneath all that toughness is a tender man.
We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part. We have to keep improving and that's difficult because it's tough to do better than winning a world title.
When you are small, and you have to try and prove yourself, it is tough. When others are catching up and copy you, that's tough. We constantly need to change ourselves to stay ahead of the game.
People ranked No. 80 or No. 90 in the world are tough to play.
One of the toughest guys in the world is Randy Couture - he is the true epitome of what a tough guy is.
My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.
It's been a tough 2020, honestly, for me personally, for a lot of people in the world in general.
Life is tough, and it's really tough when you're stupid.
I've been through a lot in the music industry, in life. I've learned that I have to be tough in this world.
Pat Toomey has worked to allow suspected terrorists to buy guns in this country, and that is just an outrageous position. Of all the kind of tough issues, this one should not be a tough call.
The first couple of years in the minors were tough for me. My numbers were there, but being away from home so young was tough.
Football is a tough game. It's a tough game for tough people.
I think women don't grow up with the harsh world of criticism that men grow up with, we are more sensitively treated, and when you first experience the world of film-making you have to develop a very tough skin.
Everybody goes through some tough times in their life, no matter what you do. Man, I've had my tough times.
Mostly, Texas women are tough in some very fundamental ways. Not unfeminine, nor necessarily unladylike, just tough!
The tough times never lasted and the tough people inspired me to be better and give more. I hope I did the same.
Bavaro's probably as tough of a - physically and mentally as tough a football player as I've ever coached. So, I would put him in the rare category there.
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
Tough times don't last but tough people do.
No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch.
Men are born to succeed, not fail.
On the professional side, I derive great happiness and energy by solving tough business and organisational problems - even taking on tough meetings with customers.
If you're running for office, it's tough to be an incumbent. It's tough to run out of Washington. It's better to be an outsider. And Establishment support doesn't help; it more likely hurts.
Most guys, tough or not, hide emotions. I know a lot of tough guys; they're just as weak as the next man, but they don't show it.
When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.
Yes, it's tough, but not as tough as doing comedy.
I think basketball harnessed and built my toughness and competitiveness. I grew up in a tough neighborhood, and you were either going to cry and moan about it or get tough.
The Philadelphia/New York world of the music business is a tough place to be.
Business is tough; you need tough guys.
For the choke, there are no "tough guys". With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just passes out, goes to sleep.
I've made tough calls and tough times and been held accountability. I think that is the kind of leadership that the American people need now to produce results.
In the fantasy, sci-fi world, the fans are so discerning and they're so tough and they're so intelligent, and they're so critical.
Google my name and 'Barack Obama.' There were many days I was tough on him. People have short-term memories. They think we're only being tough on Trump. That's just not true.
If you were a son of mine, I wouldn't want you to be an architect, because it's a tough way to be in the world.
Cowboy boots with a suit? You're a rough, tough businessman. Chaps with a bow tie? You're in the rough, tough man business.
Times have been tough, the economy has been tough. But I want to bring forward a fantastic manifesto for taking the city forwards.
There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again.
We used tough methods to show what's wrong and what's right. Against those who didn't understand, we led a tough and even cruel struggle.
People think by challenging me they're going to show they're tough. But I'm not tough. Decent drinker. Not such a bad kisser. But not a great fighter.
Don't be afraid to take the tough jobs. You'll develop confidence in dealing with tough issues that will serve you for the rest of your career.
If you have any ambitions to improve and be a world-class side, you have to be very tough on yourselves.
When I get on a course that's not very good, that's not tough, I fall asleep. Mentally I must be lazy, like a little kid, but I always seem to do well when there's a tough situation.
Times are tough but they are tough because the government is trying to do the right thing, whether on public service reform, education, health, anti-social behaviour and welfare, or in counter-terrorism.
My father left me with a saying that I've carried my entire life and tried to pass on to our kids: 'Tough times don't last, tough people do,'
I wouldn't change anything for the world, although the fame part of this [entertainment] industry is tough to handle at times.
The Caribbean is all Third World islands and it's very tough to raise the money for sports.
You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.
Life is very tough. If you don't laugh, it's tough.
I will use all my strength to bring about a just society to a nation living in a tough world.
Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?
Political scientist Herfried Münkler is right: If you only take normative positions, if your focus is solely on values, you won't find success in a world where others are relentlessly pursuing their interests. In a world full of meat-eaters, vegetarians have a tough time.
Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That's a tough thing to face.
Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.
People say it is tough to have true friends in glam world, but I feel it is the same everywhere.
