80 Fortitude Quotes
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Famous Fortitude Quotes
Fortitude. ... It means fixity of purpose. It means endurance. It means having the strength to live with what constrains you. — Hilary Mantel
Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped. — Jeremy Collier
Fortitude is a great help in distress. — Plautus
Patience and fortitude conquer all things. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. — William Tecumseh Sherman
It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds. — Louis Nizer
Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen. — Agatha Christie
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. — Alfred North Whitehead
Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue. — Diogenes Laertius
Strength of character and inner fortitude, however, are decisive factors. The confidence of the man in the ranks rests upon a man's strength of character. — Erich von Manstein
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. — Thomas Carlyle
The will to do, the tenacity to overcome all obstacles and to finish the course, the strength to cling to inexorable ideals, are all rooted in courage. — J. Edgar Hoover
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body. — Ovid
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve. — Robert Burns
Short Fortitude Quotes
- There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude. — Sarada Devi
- The riches are in the niches, but the fortune is in the follow-up. — Pat Flynn
- Grit is what’s left over when nothing’s left. — Alexi Pappas
- A man's word and his intestinal fortitude are two of the most honorable virtues known to mankind. — Jim Nantz
- Patience is a virtue, have it if you can, seldom found in a woman, almost never in a man. — Thomas Phelps
- Leadership requires a non-stop demand of fortitude from Day 1 to the end. — Bill Hybels
- FORTITUDE IS THE CAPACITY TO SAY NO WHEN THE WORLD WANTS TO HEAR 'YES' — Erich Fromm
- Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. — John Locke
- Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. — Jacqueline Bisset
- Grit holds special significance for the achievement of excellence. — Angela Duckworth
Strength And Fortitude Quotes
Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road. — John Henry Jowett
Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. — John Henry Jowett
Americans are known for their strength, fortitude, and generosity in times of need. We encourage people in the U.S. and everywhere to give with their hearts, reach out to these victims, and donate what they can to the relief efforts. — Michael Dell
There is nothing magnanimous in bearing misfortunes with fortitude, when the whole world is looking on.... He who, without friends to encourage or even without hope to alleviate his misfortunes, can behave with tranquility and indifference, is truly great. — Oliver Goldsmith
My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she'd seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country - all around the world - who show that type of fortitude. — Dwayne Johnson
Part of the notion in Shambhala teachings is that everybody can live their lives so they get weaker and more stressed out as they go along, or so they get more fortitude and strength. — Sakyong Mipham
Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal fortitude. They are mandatory for anyone who wants to get to and stay at the top. — D A Benton
Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith. — Jaclyn Smith
Sol Campbell there, using his strength. And that is his strength. His strength. — Kevin Keegan
Allah tests our patience and our fortitude. He tests out strength of faith. be patient and there will endless rewards for you, insha'Allah" - Utaz Badr — Leila Aboulela
People Writing About Fortitude
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
|---|---|---|
 Hilary Mantel |
109 | 86 |
 Jeremy Collier |
67 | 534 |
 Plautus |
265 | 1583 |
 Ralph Waldo Emerson |
4234 | 36527 |
 William Tecumseh Sherman |
86 | 1463 |
 Marcus Tullius Cicero |
1036 | 10824 |
More Fortitude Quotes
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful. — Jacqueline Bisset
I believe that fortitude is key. More than anything, be consistent. Go at it. Go at it. Go at it. When you succeed, don’t forget the responsibility of making somebody else succeed with you. — Antonia Novello
Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude. — Michelle Obama
We must foster a firmer sense of purpose, fortitude and self-belief in the whole party and the Chinese people, so that we cannot be swayed by fallacies, deterred by intimidation, or cowed by pressure. — Xi Jinping
No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable. — Orson F. Whitney
Agriculture is for living; mind culture is for life. Skills are for shaping material things so that they cater more for the comfort of man; studies are for shaping attitudes, feelings, desires, emotions and impulses of man, so that they may confer more peace, more joy and more fortitude on man. — Sathya Sai Baba
When you speak up about any sense of unfairness or injustice, you're told that you're overreacting, you're too angry, too silly-shut up already. It takes a tremendous amount of fortitude to be able to live in this world as a woman, let alone a woman who wants things to change. — Kathleen Hanna
A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful. — Jacqueline Bisset
Perfect wisdom has four parts: Wisdom, the principle of doing things aright. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately. — Plato
What I love about the stories of the Great Migration is that this is not ancient history; this is living history. Most people of color can find someone in their own family who had experienced a migration of some kind, knowing the sense of dislocation, longing and fortitude. — Isabel Wilkerson
Withstanding hardships is a sort of sport. You can’t control how life plays, but you can control your defensive strategy. — Isaac Mashman
Freemasonry teaches not merely temperance, fortitude, prudence, justice, brotherly love, relief, and truth, but liberty, equality, and fraternity, and it denounces ignorance, superstition, bigotry, lust tyranny and despotism. — Theodore Roosevelt
The courage we need is not the fortitude to be obedient in the service of an unjust war, to help conceal lies, to do our job for a boss who has usurped power and is acting as an outlaw government. It is the courage at last to face honestly the truth and reality of what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it. — Daniel Ellsberg
To buy when others are despondently selling and sell when others are greedily buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest reward. — John Templeton
Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things. — Teresa of Avila
Know your weaknesses in your business and in life and start fortifying against them. Be prepared and protect yourself. — Russell Brunson
I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude. — Bruce Lee
Willpower may not always be on will-call, but when you use it first on what matters most, you can always count on it. — Gary Keller
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. — Nero Wolfe
Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish. — David Mallet
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. — Rex Stout
People need trouble -- a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy. — William Faulkner
The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. — Samuel Adams
O SON OF MAN! For everything there is a sign. The sign of love is fortitude under My decree and patience under My trials. — Bahá'u'lláh
You know your testimony is strong when your roots are so deep that other people’s storms will never knock you over. — Shannon Alder
You will have to make up for the smallness of your size by your courage and selfless devotion to duty, for it is not life that matters, but the courage, fortitude and determination you bring to it. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. — Confucius
The hope that gritty people have has nothing to do with luck and everything to do with getting up again. — Angela Duckworth
Meditation increases your vitality and strengthens your intelligence... your mental clarity and health improve. You acquire the patience and fortitude to face any problem in life. So, meditate! Only through meditation will you find the treasure you are seeking. — Mata Amritanandamayi
What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith. — Saint Augustine
It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but rather in serving Him in justice, fortitude, and humility. His Majesty seeks and loves courageous souls. — Teresa of Avila
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