Under Pressure Quotes

• You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

  Winston Churchill

  Sports, Character, Men

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• Courage is grace under pressure.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Inspirational, Positive, Courage

  When asked what he meant by 'guts' in an interview with Dorothy Parker: 'New Yorker' 30 November 1929

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  When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

  Peter Marshall

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  Peter Marshall (1949). “Prayers Offered by the Chaplain, the Rev. Peter Marshall, D.D.: At the Opening of the Daily Sessions of the Senate of the United States During the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congress 1947-1949”

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• Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.

  Billie Jean King

  Wrestling, Winning, Pressure

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• Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you do under pressure.

  Chris Bosh

  Pressure, Sometimes, Surprise

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• A diamond is a chunk of coal that is made good under pressure.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Coal, Pressure, Jewelry

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• To be successful you have to deal with CRAP. Criticism, Rejection, Assholes and Pressure.

  Ryan Blair

  Successful, Rejection, Criticism

  FaceBook post by Ryan Blair from Jun 22, 2013

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• You can always tell your true values by looking at your behavior -- especially under pressure.

  Brian Tracy

  Pressure, Behavior, True Value

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• No pressure, no diamonds.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Uplifting, Good Life, Failure

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• To be under pressure is inescapable. Pressure takes place through all the world; war, siege, the worries of state. We all know men who grumble under these pressures and complain. They are cowards. They lack splendour. But there is another sort of man who is under the same pressure but does not complain, for it is the friction which polishes him. It is the pressure which refines and makes him noble

  Saint Augustine

  War, Men, Worry

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• Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds. Each new season of life offers to train us for the next season if we pay attention and adapt.

  T. D. Jakes

  Inspirational, Crush, Pay

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• To me, character in a person is judged by the decisions that are made under pressure.

  Bryan Cranston

  Character, Decision, Pressure

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• We discover our character through decisions under pressure.

  Dan Millman

  Character, Decision, Pressure

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• Under pressure, you can win with your mind.

  Tiger Woods

  Wrestling, Winning, Mind

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• Under pressure, the mouth speaks when the brain is disengaged, and, sometimes unwittingly, the gearshift is in reverse when it should be in neutral.

  Henry Ford

  Brain, Mouths, Pressure

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• Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.

  Henry Cavill

  People, Want, Ruins

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• I don't fold under pressure, great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Motivation, Athlete, Pressure

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• What is the definition of guts? Grace under pressure.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Grace, Definitions, Pressure

  Quoted in New Yorker, 30 Nov. 1929 (profile by Dorothy Parker

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• I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.

  Cameron Diaz

  Mean, Facts, Needs

  Interview With Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. October 6, 2005.

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• Everyone's under pressure and you just have to learn how to deal with it. And I deal with it through prayer and staying busy.

  Richard Simmons

  Prayer, Pressure, Busy

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

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• Jesus lost all his glory so that we could be clothed in it. He was shut out so we could get access. He was bound, nailed, so that we could be free. He was cast out so we could approach. And Jesus took away the only kind of suffering that can really destroy you: that is being cast away from God. He took so that now all suffering that comes into your life will only make you great. A lump of coal under pressure becomes a diamond. And the suffering of a person in Christ only turns you into somebody gorgeous.

  Timothy Keller

  God, Jesus, Pain

  Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.123, Penguin

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• Don't be a victim of the urgent. In the long run, much of what seems so pressing right now won't even matter. What you do with your children will matter forever.

  Gary Chapman

  Running, Children, Long

  Gary Chapman, Ross Campbell (2012). “The 5 Love Languages of Children”, p.70, Moody Publishers

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• I'm at my best when I'm exhausted and under pressure.

  Jimmy Page

  Pressure, Exhausted

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• I deal with pressure. I have a tendency to probably be at my best under pressure.

  Kevin Costner

  Pressure, Tendencies, Deals

  "Kevin Costner Talks DRAFT DAY, His Career, What We Can Learn from the Movies, How GIANT Influenced His Outlook on Life, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 7, 2014.

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• Mental Management is the process of maximising the probability of having a consistent mental performance, under pressure, on demand

  Lanny Bassham

  Demand, Pressure, Management

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