Top 241 Toughness Quotes & Sayings

Scars show toughness: that you've been through it, and you're still standing.

My toughness comes from just being from Philly, man.

The use of violence in our struggle would be both impractical and immoral. To meet hate with retaliatory hate would do nothing but intensify the existence of evil in the universe. Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love; we must meet physical force with soul force. Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the white man, but to win his friendship and understanding.

I find industrial cities exciting. I like their toughness.

You don't have to sell the fact that a football player has toughness.

Toughness is a skill. I don't think we're all born tough. You learn about toughness through your experience.

I have an ability to overcome adversity. I've got a toughness that helps.

The game honors toughness

The Special Ops community has always been about mental toughness.

That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.

The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.

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.

I would need to display great restraint, but we've got to have toughness.

For me, mental toughness is the ability to stay focussed in the present irrespective of what is happening at the match.

From my father's side I got the strength, the mental toughness, the heart, the courage.

I believe in my ability and my mental toughness.

Mental toughness is a state of mind - you could call it 'character in action.'

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.

As a goalkeeper, you've got to have mental toughness, and that's one thing I'm good at.

My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.

The problem is we need toughness. Honestly, I think Jeb[Bush] is a very nice person. He's a very nice person. But we need tough people. We need toughness. We need intelligence and we need tough.

Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.

Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.

Toughness has nothing to do with size, physical strength or athleticism. Toughness is A SKILL that can be developed & improved.

Defense is about will and effort and a certain toughness you have to have.

Mental toughness is essential to success.

I'm not easily offended, and I have a certain toughness.

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.

Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.

Nobody needs to worry about my toughness.

Adrian Clayborn is somebody that relentlessly brings that attitude, energy, and toughness.

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

I think rebounding is more heart and toughness.

Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.

I feel like mental toughness has been a huge part.

You need to be a complete fighter - the heart, the chin, the toughness. You've got to have it all.

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it.

I think my mental toughness, athleticism, and my physical prowess, I'd be successful if I decided to fight, no matter what.

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

We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.

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.

We talk about toughness as a quarterback: it's not sometimes the physical part that you see; it's the mental toughness and the 'I'm going to stand in here, take this shot,' and 'I'm going to deliver it to my guy.'

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.

Toughness is not being a bully, it’s having a backbone.

What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness.

The most interesting thing to me in chess are not the gambits. Or the moves. It's the mental toughness.

I suppose there is a lot of toughness in me.

Upon consideration of the central question of the moon's toughness there can be little doubt. It is hella tough.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift.

Part of what we talk about is, toughness is a talent.

Philly guys have a different toughness from anybody you've probably ever met. That's what I hang my hat on.

What you're gonna hear Jim Harbaugh say, many in this country are getting their backs up filled with rage and anger and disbelief, and they are threatened by this. Harbaugh believes in toughness in men, he believes in toughness in America, he believes in toughness in American men. You damn well want it in your Special Forces, gang. You want it with the Navy SEALs. You want it all over the United States military. You want manliness, you want toughness, you want bravery, you want courage.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

My whole thing was getting in there with these guys and really pushing their limits. Testing their toughness and their desire.

Athletic toughness is extraordinarily difficult to quantify.

Ability is the result of mental and physical toughness, resourcefulness, and powerful concentration.