R. Lee Ermey Quotes

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

He who does not tire, tires adversity.

That is always what I've had to do in life: to show I am capable of surviving.

There's going to be good things that get you, and there's going to be bad things that get you, so you better be willing, and your skin better be thick.

As much as I disliked it, my brothers used to whoop me every day, but I have a feeling that I'm probably a stronger man today because of it.

Life kicks you hard but you have to be a man to come back.

The way that I've been raised and the things I've had to do has given me grit that is unmatchable unless you were beside me.

It made me a stronger person, and more determined. I don't know if I'd still be as strong if I didn't have all that hate. I needed hate to make me more determined.

Every game is mentally and physically tough but we get through it and it makes you stronger.

I've had to be tough my whole life.

You win some, you lose some. You get hit you don't get hit, but it's not about how hard you get hit. I think it's about how hard you get hit, then still get up and deliver an even harder punch. I think that's what it is all about.

You have to experience and take defeat in any and all aspects of life so you can be better and stronger.

There is something glamorous to me in taking a bit of a beating and keeping on going.

If you're a man, you don't cry about it, you take life, the ups and downs; if you're a real man you never go down, you just stay up!

The harder the world, the fiercer the honour.

Life is not for the faint of heart.

Life doesn't reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.

Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.

Tough times never last, but tough people do. You might add, "You're tougher than you give yourself credit for."

He who is whipped oftenest, is whipped easiest.

My father left me with a saying that I've carried my entire life and tried to pass on to our kids: 'Tough times don't last, tough people do,'

When your spinal cord freezes up, you're vulnerable to everything. But he [Chrestopher Reese] was tough as nails. And he kept a great, kind of dark sense of humor about it, but also was able to accomplish amazing things.