174 Quotes About Fortitude

Although I too often see myself as powerless, the fact is the New Year is what I make it. And whatever I make it is what it makes me.

Chances are no matter how bad your troubles seem to be, someone somewhere, with less resilience, has successfully conquered a more severe version of your problems.

If you can imagine something, at least imagine it with legs so that it has a chance to go somewhere.

The only way to achieve a dream worth dreaming is to accept the reality that each victory that we experience along the way will be preceded by innumerable failures chronically deep and frequently painful. And our ability to deal with these realities are certain to test both the merit of our dream and the depth of our commitment to it.

Your attitude ultimately decides your fortitude. A positive view filled with gratitude, or a negative one filled with solitude. Which "tude" do you choose?

She closed her eyes. "God hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, of love, and of a sound mind." The verse resounded in her mind. Part of her knew that one of the best ways to overcome any fear was to face it head on and walk through it, instead of trying to run away from it. Once she persevered and made it to the other side, the fear would be less menacing and less controlling. It was just the process of getting there that was so difficult.

Start with a cry, end with a smile.

The exhaustion of the climb evidences the fact that we’re climbing. Therefore, I don’t ever wish to be exhausted by being exhausted.

I lost all I had known and gained a life I was yet to know.