174 Quotes About Fortitude

Hope crushed is never hope killed.

True victory lies in your role in the conflict, not in coming through safely: it consists in the honour of battling bravely not battling through.

If not for the courage and fortitude of a select few heroes during these eras, the great tides of darkness may have swallowed everything.

The brave may fall, but never yield.

I might find myself standing in front of a wall, but without a wall there wouldn’t be a door.

Civilians had no idea how much nonsense you had to listen to when you were a cop. The public loved to salute police officers for their bravery, but no one ever gave credit for the day-in, day-out fortitude required to put up with the bullshit. While courage was an excellent feature in a police officer, a built-in resistance to gibberish was, in Lila's opinion, just as important.

I used to think, that when my old inner demons started creeping back into my life, that it was a sign of failure or moral weakness. But the saints have shown me that part of the human condition is to struggle with the same sins and suffering over and over again. Once I accepted the fact that I’d probably always have to be on guard against spiritual attacks related to food and my weight, I began to really recover.

One man lives out his life beating his fears into submission, while another lives out his life letting his fears beat him into submission. And while the fears are the same, the kind of men that they produce are not.

A great man beats his fears into submission, while everyone else around him is beaten into submission.