Toughness Quotes - Page 4

• The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

  Randy Pausch

  Inspirational, Strength, Perseverance

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

  Edmund Hillary

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

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• It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life's opportunities, and to reach your objectives.

  Zig Ziglar

  Spiritual, Opportunity, Energy

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 13, 2014

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• The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.

  Steven Pressfield

  Real, Army, Winning

  Steven Pressfield (1999). “Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae”, Bantam

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

  Dianne Feinstein

  Inspirational, Witty, Women

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• It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  'Essays' (1841) 'Heroism'

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

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Memorial Day, Men, Remembrance

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• Creativity is the gift that keeps on giving.

  Eric Maisel

  Creativity, Vacation, Giving

  Eric Maisel (1996). “Affirmations for Artists”, Tarcher

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• To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Inspirational, Success, Goal

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• Being realistic is the quickest path to mediocrity

  Will Smith

  Being Real, Path, Mediocrity

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• Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Motivational, Morning, Dating

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• My grandmother instilled in me a toughness that comes with survival. She was a tough lady and never truly enjoyed her life. She would always worry about things and I would tell her that it wasn't going to get her anywhere and it didn't. I wasn't even that smart back then, but I knew that worrying about everyone else wasn't good for her health. As Latinos, we stress and worry so much about the future when the future is today. As long as we protect what's good in our lives, we will be all right.

  George Lopez

  Smart, Stress, Grandmother

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• I found that to build mental toughness, you need to inconvenience yourself. The early morning runs, if you hate early mornings. The late night runs, if you hate late nights. The snowy cold, the worst conditions you can get, put yourself in those and really make it inconvenient and you start to get a genuine expectation of winning for the price you have to pay.

  Chael Sonnen

  Running, Morning, Hate

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• Mental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it's not the best thing for you.

  Bill Belichick

  Basketball, Team, Nba

  "An Open Letter to White NFL Players" by Rae Witte, www.complex.com. October 10, 2016.

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• Mental Toughness: The ability to consistently perform toward the upper range of your talent and skill regardless of the competitive circumstances.

  James E. Loehr

  Skills, Mental Toughness, Talent

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• I love football. Love it. Love it. I think it's the last bastion of hope for toughness in America in men, in males.

  Jim Harbaugh

  Football, Men, Thinking

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I wish I could say someone taught me my mental toughness, it would have been a lot less painful.

  Kurt Warner

  Wish, Taught, Mental Toughness

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

  Jay Bilas

  Skills, Size, Athleticism

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

  Howard A. Tullman

  Powerful, Results, Concentration

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• We talk about mental toughness all the time. That's the biggest thing good teams have, that they can overcome adversity.

  Bryan Murray

  Team, Adversity, Hockey

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• The game honors toughness

  Brad Stevens

  Inspirational, Basketball, Nba

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

  Jay Bilas

  Thinking, Skills, Tough

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• Mental toughness must be developed before you start fighting because you don't want to be that guy who quits in the ring.

  Forrest Griffin

  Fighting, Mma, Guy

  Forrest Griffin, Erich Krauss (2009). “Got Fight?: The 50 Zen Principles of Hand-to-Face Combat”, p.19, Harper Collins

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• Mental toughness is Spartanism, with all its qualities of self-denial, sacrifice, dedication, fearlessness, and love.

  Vince Lombardi

  Sacrifice, Dedication, Self

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, McGraw-Hill Education

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• Get yourself prepared, educationally and emotionally, and develop mental toughness. Don't ever give up.

  Jim Clyburn

  Giving Up, Giving

  Source: aalbc.com

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