92 Quotes About Tough

Tough times are inevitable. We’re not always ready for the challenges that come our way, but some of us are more equipped to handle them than others. A good thing about tough times is that they come with an opportunity to learn, grow, and improve. We may not be able to control what happens around us, but we can control how we respond to it Read more

Check out these great tough quotes on perseverance and grit for inspiration!

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It's alright, just wait and see, your string of lights is still bright to me. Who you are is not where you've been. You're still an innocent. It's okay life is a tough crowd, 32 is still growing up now. Taylor Swift
Smartass Disciple: Master, what did you do to earn wisdom...
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Smartass Disciple: Master, what did you do to earn wisdom ?Master of Stupidity: Well, I forget. Shit happened, life goes on. Toba Beta
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Vulnerability really means to be strong and secure enough within yourself that you are able to walk outside without your armor on. You are able to show up in life as just you. That is genuine strength and courage. Armor may look tough, but all it does is mask insecurity and fear. Alaric Hutchinson
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To make your Opinion Count, you have to do something morethan just making Money. Vineet Raj Kapoor
Helping People is Fun. Getting to a Position to help...
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Helping People is Fun. Getting to a Position to help is Not. Vineet Raj Kapoor
The distance between your Dreams and Reality is inversely proportional...
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The distance between your Dreams and Reality is inversely proportional to your Efforts. Vineet Raj Kapoor
â€â€¹It's Hard, Not to Fail, but, there is Always a...
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â€â€¹It's Hard, Not to Fail, but, there is Always a Chance of Success. Of course, there is No Chance of Success, if You didn't Try. Vineet Raj Kapoor
Sometimes in life, you have to take difficult steps and...
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Sometimes in life, you have to take difficult steps and make tough decisions, in order to achieve something extraordinary. Saad Salman
Thanks to you my toughest life lessons.. it may appear...
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Thanks to you my toughest life lessons.. it may appear that I'm falling,. .. but, I' m stronger than I have ever been Virginia Toole
The actuality that the heart does not want to feel,...
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The actuality that the heart does not want to feel, doesn't negate the certitude that it once felt and will still feel. Itohan Eghide
You get a medal for being tough.
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You get a medal for being tough. Scott Stabile
A hand is not enough...to never let go
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A hand is not enough...to never let go Munia Khan
When the going gets tough, people bail. When the going...
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When the going gets tough, people bail. When the going gets easy, people get lazy. Honest, smart, hard work is the way to get results. Richie Norton
Maxim 36: When the going gets tough, the tough call...
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Maxim 36: When the going gets tough, the tough call for close air support.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries Howard Tayler
It is as difficult for most poor people to truly...
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It is as difficult for most poor people to truly believe that they could someday escape poverty as it is for most wealthy people to truly believe that their wealth could someday escape them. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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The strongest storms make the best sailors. The strongest games make the best players. Tougher challenges make the best leaders. Israelmore Ayivor
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The idea that Love Must Be Tough dictates that we be willing to set another person free- even if it causes us great pain to let go. When we do this, we maximize the chances that that loved one will not leave, because the cage door has been opened and self-respect has been affirmed. James Dobson
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No Student can stand the Gruel of Sports Training unless she has a Passion for Fame. Vineet Raj Kapoor
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Nothing is tough but your skull so think out of the skull box and let the thoughts fly. Vikrmn
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When the tough get going, the going gets easier. Joe Siciliano Sr.
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Well, there is no sin in being gay. The immorality comes from engaging in forbidden behavior. Therefore, the Christian homosexual is in the same situation as the unmarried heterosexual. He (or she) is expected to control his or her lusts and live a holy life. I know this is a tough position to take, and some will argue with it. But I stand on the authority of Scripture, and I have no license to edit it. James C. Dobson
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What I want is irrelevant. This is your life, Faith. Diane Samuels
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The decisions that take you to your highest points in life are the toughest decisions you'd have to make. Constance Chuks Friday
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I’m all you have in this world Mariam, and when I’m gone you’ll have nothing. You ARE nothing! Khaled Hosseini
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Language and reality are kept strictly apart–reality is tough, unyielding stuff, and it doesn’t care what you think or feel or say about it. Or it shouldn’t. Lev Grossman
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To every guy who tries to say that we have already achieved equality for the sexes, if this were true, you wouldn't be told to "man up", "be a man", "stop being a p*#%y", "harden the fuck up", "toughen up", "boys don't cry", "don't be such a girl", "stop being a wimp". As long as this type of language still exists in our society, then gender equality, my friends, has in fact not been achieved after all. Miya Yamanouchi
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A man's level of "toughness" (as assessed by other men), will determine whether or not his girlfriend will get hit on by other guys right in front of him in public places. If you're deemed a "p*#%y" by other guys and they want your girlfriend, even in your company she'll be considered "fair game". Miya Yamanouchi
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Both men and women experience pressure to conform to social standards of attractiveness. Men to look strong and be tough, women to look pretty and soft. Men to be masculine, women to be feminine. Men get judged for being "too feminine", women get criticized for being "too masculine". Gender policing affects us all. Miya Yamanouchi
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Her scar tissue, which she seems to amass both physically and mentally, may not be pretty, but they have become tougher than if she had never been wounded at all. Donna Lynn Hope
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You either learn to play hard ball or you become the ball. Crystal Woods
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The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag. Criss Jami
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Simplicity comes at a cost; the rich can't stand for, forget affording. Aniruddha Sastikar
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I have leveled with the girls - from Anchorage to Amarillo.I tell them that all marriages are happy It's the living together afterward that's tough. I tell them that a good marriage is not a gift, It's an achievement.that marriage is not for kids It takes guts and maturity. It separates the men from the boys and the women from the girls. I tell them that marriage is tested dily by the ability to compromise. Its survival can depend on being smart enough to know what's worth fighting about. Or making an issue of or even mentioning. Marriage is giving - and more important, it's forgiving. And it is almost always the wife who must do these things. Then, as if that were not enough, she must be willing to forget what she forgave. Often that is the hardest part. Oh, I have leveled all right. If they don't get my message, Buster, It's because they don't want to get it. Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals Because nobody wants to red the small print in dreams. . Ann Landers
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When you encounter obstacles, don’t turn your back on them. Face them, confront them and your will see them dissolving in front of your eyes. Roopleen
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The road may be rough, the journey may be tough and the experience may be bitter, but they are stepping stones to our future thrones. Bamigboye Olurotimi
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Being tough today might cause you to be weak in the future. Dan Groat
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Trust is tough since it involves that quixotic mix of integrity, vulnerability, and intimacy. But trust anyway. Jeffrey Fry
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What he wanted was Megan wanting him... but not needing him. Not vulnerable to him. Sure as help not trying to leave him over and over again... and simply failing. Mira Lyn Kelly
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Meradinis! Turtle Island! It was a little corner of chaos! This was the scene the speeding black ship had left behind three days ago, fleeing in humiliating shame, those three days a constant running battle. For three days the accursed Imperial ship Indomitable had followed, firing on them at every opportunity. Death or imprisonment now awaited those who called themselves Corsairs — and though this death was now more certain rather than just a possibility, Sona Kilroy, or “The Hammer” as he was called by his men, was not prepared to give up his freedom so easily. Piracy was his life and he’d known no other. He was tough and cruel, a despicable man, a case in point when academics quoted the barbarism by which the Corsairs had made themselves known and feared across the star systems of the peaceful Terran Empire. Christina Engela
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War doesn't have heroes, it only has the men who lost so many things in their life that they just keep going and do the most unthinkable things, just because they don't care anymore. Wouter Van Gastel
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A man without enemies is a dishonest man. Daniel J. Rice
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Desire to always be on the right way no matter how tough it gets. A very slow movement on the right way is better than overwhelming speed on the wrong path! Israelmore Ayivor
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The strongest people are people who faced the toughest situations in life. People who are defeated by the toughest battles are stronger than those who have won by using the escape route! Israelmore Ayivor
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However, if you fail to prepare, you will either go through stress to win your race or you may quit when the battle becomes tougher than you ever imagined. Israelmore Ayivor
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She blames herself. I hurt from knowing that I hurt her. Even when we know all of these other people are to blame. My friends. The media. Not her. Not me. I can’t help myself. I continue the cycle and I say, “I don’t want to hurt you.” Lily is quiet for a moment before she says, “I’m tougher than you think. You just need to believe in me. You know, like a fairy.” I do believe in fairies. I do. I do. The jubilant chorus from Peter Pan fills my ears. I look up at her, tears in both our eyes. Is that how we end this? I trust that I can share my grief with her and that she won’t crumble beneath the pain? She nods to me like go on. I can handle it. Unknown
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Thoughts make life tough. Bharath Mamidoju
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The road to recovery may be tough, but I've closed all the doorsthat lead to giving up With only one choice in hand, I am focused on healing Vijaya Gowrisankar
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On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes. Criss Jami
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Being tough isn’t in and of itself a bad thing. Looking back on it, though, I can see I was too used to being strong, and never tried to understand those who were weak. I was too used to being fortunate, and didn’t try to understand those less fortunate. Too used to being healthy, and didn’t try to understand the pain of those who weren’t. Whenever I saw a person in trouble, somebody paralyzed by events, I decided it was entirely his fault——he just wasn’t trying hard enough. People who complained were just plain lazy. My outlook on life was unshakable, and practical, but lacked any human warmth. And not a single person around me pointed this out.’” - Miu . Haruki Murakami
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We don’t just believe that God is real, but in tough circumstances we believe that he knows the way out Sunday Adelaja
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I forced my weary body up from the ground, my eyes burning with rage. I'd had enough of nearly dying. I'd had enough of secrets and mysteries. I was filled to the brim with pain and misery. It had taken its toll on me. It was hard to hold on to the very things that made you human, when there was nothing good left inside of you. In fact, I no longer felt human. I didn't feel anything except anger. It was time to find Kellan. Rose Wynters
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Wounds make you awake in the memories but tears makes tough and dry in real life. Kishore Bansal
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â€â€¹Retaining Character is the Toughest Challenge for Humans when they Level Up. Vineet Raj Kapoor
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One day you’re going to get arrested, and when you do, don’t call me. I’ll tell the police to lock you up just to teach you a lesson.” Because there were some black parents who’d actually do that, not pay their kid’s bail, not hire their kid a lawyer–the ultimate tough love. But it doesn’t always work, because you’re giving the kid tough love when maybe he just needs love. You’re trying to teach him a lesson, and now that lesson is the rest of his life. . Trevor Noah
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There is no reason for you to ever stop walking with faith, because you are amazingly built to win regardless of how tough or rough your challenges are. Unknown
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Real mental toughness is about being conscious of your behavior patterns and from this knowledge, you are able to turn your life around. Tara Estacaan
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When your pain gets tough, your game needs to get rough. Janna Cachola
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I don't ever want to be a fair-weather anything. Playing through the elements is always better than sitting on the sidelines. Lorii Myers
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Why is it so tough to forget pain and tougher to remember happiness. We treasure our scars but forget to live on our smiles. Hanif Hassan Barbhuiya
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Glenn! Most people want to die when they get the stomach flu. You threw up everything but your spleen and you just kept going.” My eyes well up and my breathing gets shallow. “For Danny.” “Nah. For you! You’re a tough motherfucker, Glenn. Glenn Rockowitz
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Whatever doesn't destroy you, makes you stronger. Hardships have a way of toughening us, if they don't kill us. V.C. Andrews
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These Days, Keeping Anything "Simple" Is The Most "Complex" Task To Do.... Muhammad Imran Hasan
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A man don't need to act tough if he is. Men that put on a show are spineless more often than not. Eric Powell
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Some people make a bad bed, they just have to lie in it. Virginia Euwer Wolff
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I’m tougher than you think. You just need to believe in me. You know, like a fairy. Unknown
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I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay. Madonna
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Listening is a tough skill, but one who practice it becomes The Successful Leader! ! ! Santosh Adbhut Kumar
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Life is, at times, tough... And all we need to do is to prove that we are tougher than it... Sanhita Baruah
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I'm coming with you.” Riley insisted. “I've got a bulletproof vest and I'm a better sharpshooter than you. Don't mess with me.” Riley pushed past them and out the sliding exit doors. Stella turned to Stan, horrified. “Don't give me that look, Stells.” Stan muttered, following Riley. “Look at it this way, if the whole sharpshooter thing turns out to be a lie, she can pinch the hell out of anyone.”~ Riley Pembroke, Stan Darrow, "Sugar and Spies: Spy Sisters Book 1 . Rebekah Martin
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The world was a tough and unfair place, but even the most hardened soul likes to chew on fruit. Paul Adam Levy
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With every morsel I ate, I looked into her eyes and apologised for not being able to feed her enough. Her eyes, in turn, apologised for not being able to help me in these tough times. Ashay Abbhi
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A tough life can be defeated only by the tougher person! Mehmet Murat Ildan
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Forget the beauty, comfort, love and enjoyment. You must to be enough tough on yourself to be strong on others. M.F. Moonzajer
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Always be careful of where you run to. When the going gets tough, take it easy and slow down, else you venture into the den of lions. Michael Bassey Johnson
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I’d been given the hard stare by men a lot more dangerous than Donald Cole, men who would cut you up before breakfast then eat your heart and liver for lunch, and laugh with glee while they were doing it. James Carol
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Coming out of your comfort zone is tough in the beginning, chaotic in the middle, and awesome in the end...because in the end, it shows you a whole new world ! ! Make an attempt.. Manoj Arora
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I grow up relying upon on my own shoulders even from the moment they were too weak to hold me back, but I knew it is the only to become a tough guy. M.F. Moonzajer
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No matter how strong you are, no matter how smart you are or tough you can be, the world will find a way to break you. And when it does, the only thing you can do is hold on. Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Because you see, when you’re a strong person, people often look to you to take care of them. People look to you for help. People look to you for strength. And when your life spins out of control, it’s as if their lives are tied to your own and will come crashing down with yours. Nessie Q.
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It tough to live a whole life with an act Prabhukrishna M
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I listen to all these complaints about rudeness and intemperateness, and the opinion that I come to is that there is no polite way of asking somebody: have you considered the possibility that your entire life has been devoted to a delusion? But that’s a good question to ask. Of course we should ask that question and of course it’s going to offend people. Tough. Daniel C. Dennett
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The comic book world is a tough business. Shia LaBeouf
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It's cool to be a female character who gets to be really strong and tough. Alexandra Daddario
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It's tough waking up in the morning and reading derogatory stories about you. Gerry Cooney
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Tough times never last, but tough people do. Robert H. Schuller
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Even in the tough times, He's still a good God. Victoria Osteen
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Pebble Beach. It is tough and the lay out is amazing. Natalie Gulbis
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Leadership demands that we make tough choices. Alan Autry
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Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol stations. Unknown
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Movies portray men as tough guys. Geoffrey Canada
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It's tough in the NHL you have to produce on a high level. And everybody expects you to do it because you make a lot of money. And I never minded it. I always want to be that guy. Jaromir Jagr