Tough Quotes - Page 5

• I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life.

  Lance Armstrong

  Teamwork, Regret, Dodgeball

  "Fictional character: Lance Armstrong". "DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story", 2004.

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• I have a theory that women are generally given space and appointed to jobs when the situation is tough. I've observed that in many instances. In times of crisis, women eventually are called upon to sort out the mess, face the difficult issues and be completely focused on restoring the situation.

  Christine Lagarde

  Jobs, Issues, Space

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• A tough manager will have realistic quotas for his employees that he keeps to himself and aggressively stretch quotas, anywhere from ten percent higher to a lot more, which he imposes on his staff. If his people miss the stretch numbers but exceed the realistic goals, he's happy. If he's a superb manager, he knows how far they can stretch without breaking.

  Twyla Tharp

  Leadership, Numbers, Goal

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.

  Warren Spahn

  Baseball, Winning, Games

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• How about this miracle... God says if you plant the seed I will make the tree. Wow, you can't have a better arrangement than that. First, it gives God the tough end of the deal. What if you had to make a tree? That would keep you up late at night trying to figure out how to make a tree. God says, "No, leave the miracle part to me. I've got the seed, the soil, the sunshine, the rain and the seasons. I'm God and all this miracles stuff is easy for me. I have reserved something very special for you and that is to plant the seed.

  Jim Rohn

  Rain, Sunshine, Night

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• You mustn't confuse the need for effective chairmanship, which is part of the job of the boss, along with the ability to take tough decisions and to lead people.

  Charles Kennedy

  Jobs, People, Decision

  "Kennedy defends his style" by Oliver King, Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are.

  Warren Buffett

  Player, Bridges, Investing

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• You know, I can get kind of spunky or I can get tough, you know, that kind of tough, sexy look. But sexy? No, I don't think so.

  Reba McEntire

  Sexy, Thinking, Looks

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the Bill of Rights; the document is a very tough guardian of that belief.

  Roger Rosenblatt

  Rights, Ideas, Bills

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• 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.

  George W. Bush

  Country, America, Tough Times

  George W. Bush's speech at an Economic Forum at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. August 13, 2002.

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• We had a great childhood and boyhood. It was a wonderful time through those years. A lot of it was through the Depression years, when things were tough, but my dad always had a job. But I had a great time. I was kind of restless, and I had a hard time staying in school all day, so me and a few pals would duck out and go out on these various adventures.

  James Arness

  Jobs, Dad, School

  "'Gunsmoke' Star Arness Marshals His Memories". Interview with Susan King, articles.latimes.com. November 01, 2001.

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• Progress never defines its ultimate objective but thrusts its victims at once into an infinite series,' Mr. [John Crowe] Ransom said' 'Industrialism,' he declared, 'is rightfully a menial, of almost miraculous cunning, but no intelligence; it needs to be strongly governed, or it will destroy the economy of the household. Only a community of tough conservative habit can master it.

  Richard M. Weaver

  Community, Progress, Needs

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• Taxes shouldn't be higher; they should be fairer. We must be a party that's disciplined. We must make tough choices.

  Vince Cable

  Party, Choices, Should

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• The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.

  Adolf Galland

  Battle, Want, Ifs

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• Talking about an X-Men Kissing scene I had to lay down there and think of England as one by one they bring out the girls. It was a very tough morning... After each girl had finished, the crew would hold up scorecards.

  Hugh Jackman

  Girl, Morning, Kissing

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• I enjoy every win that I have. Every win gives me satisfaction, because all the girls are competitive and the tour is so even and tough.

  Anna Kournikova

  Girl, Winning, Giving

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• I'm a tough girl, and I can go without a shower bot a week and be fine with that. But I will not sleep on dirty sheets.

  Charlize Theron

  Girl, Dirty, Sleep

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• It's a tough world out there, and women can't afford to be weenies.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Women, World, Tough World

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• It's not about being tough but to accept your weaknesses and work to get stronger day by day.

  Enson Inoue

  Mma, Stronger, Weakness

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• What makes you tough is your mindset and I believe anyone can be tough.

  Rickson Gracie

  Believe, Mma, Mindset

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• I decided to be a smarter fighter. I already knew I was tough, so if I was smart and tough, I was more likely to be a champion.

  Cub Swanson

  Smart, Mma, Champion

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• Living ain't easy, loving's twice as tough.

  Bobby Vee

  Expression, Easy

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• Fighting teaches you a lot about yourself. When you fight you are in a situation where failure can happen. This chance of failure forges your character in many ways and makes you realise how mentally tough you have to be as a fighter. This mental toughness will transfer into your everyday life, giving you drive and a clear concise attitude, where giving up is not an option

  Daniel Hudson

  Giving Up, Attitude, Character

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• I never came with a conscious plan to replace anyone else. Stallone does feel that way. He is a real tough guy in real life, and he gets to act that out. If you meet him and work with him, he is what he is. He is a guy that works out every day.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Real, Work Out, Guy

  Source: movieweb.com

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• This is the eighth game in the series and when we work on a Mario Kart title, we work on courses and we create them and then we work on them again, and again, and again, and we revise until we come up with something that we think is going to be fun for everyone to play over and over again. So we have a lot of confidence in our ability to do so, but we understand what a tough challenge it is to create those courses.

  Hideki Konno

  Fun, Thinking, Mario Kart

  "Why Mario Kart 8 doesn't let players design tracks" by Chris Pereira & Jose Otero, www.ign.com. April 3, 2014.

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