Samuel Goldwyn Quotes

What is the definition of guts? Grace under pressure.

Grace under pressure.

Fortify courage with the true rampart of patience.

A fundamental mistake to call vehemence and rigidity strength! A man is not strong who takes convulsion-fits; though six men cannot hold him then. He that can walk under the heaviest weight without staggering, he is the strong man . . . A man who cannot hold his peace, till the time come for speaking and acting, is no right man.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

I'm fairly unemotional and tend not to get too excited when things go well and I tend not to get too depressed when they go badly.

The one opinion that experience does for you is it keeps you cool, calm, and collected under pressure.

It's courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.

To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...

Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

Our blood don't run. Sometimes we want to. Sometimes we ought to. But we don't ever run from anyone or anything.

What such a man needs is not courage but nerve control, cool headedness. This he can get only by practice.

He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.

Bravery comes along as a gradual accumulation of discipline.

Yield not thy neck To fortunes yoke, but let thy dauntless mind Still ride in triumph over all mischance.

A stout heart, a clear conscience, and never despair.

With patience and calm, persistence and stoicism, good handwriting and careful labeling, they would meet persecution, indignity, and hardship head-on.

Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

A Warrior often loses heart.

To bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.

You will never lose your nerve. Your life, probably, but never your nerve.

Fortitude is a great help in distress.

To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.