Quotes about Fortitude
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
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
— James Allen
Circumstances don't shape us, so much as they reveal us.
— James Allen
A tree's nature does not change because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Money is a great asset, talent is an extraordinary asset, and courage is an exceptional asset.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
It is difficulties that show what men are.
— Epictetus
It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty, and a belief in the right that makes epochs in the history of the world.
— Harry S. Truman
A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
— Cicero
...most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.
— Ted Dekker
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
— GK Chesterton
Some men are, in regard to ridicule, like tin-roofed buildings in regard to hail: all that hits them bounds rattling off; not a stone goes through.
— Henry Ward Beecher