Barack Obama Quotes

You know what I'm going to have on my gravestone? 'She did it the hard way.'

We didn't get where we are thanks to the sissy notion of resilience.

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

You have to fight harder, dig deeper, and prove all the doubters wrongs.

If you have the character to hang in there when its tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the game of life.

A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of these necessary hardships to have to serve with sailors.

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

Moiraine: It seems Ryne was wrong as well as a Darkfriend. You were better than he. Lan: He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you're dead.

You can't give up on me. If you give up, then I'm going to break into a million pieces. I'm here. I'll give you everything I've got.

You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.

Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round - remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.

The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.

Now is the time to be bold. It is easy when the wind is at your back. But the real test is now when the wind is in our face. That's when we find out if we are tough enough. Inspired enough, committed enough.

The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull: At some point, a pit bull does stop whining.

We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.

Never break or fold, that's what it takes to be major.

A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't.

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!

Are you gonna be tough, or are you going to be tough?

Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.

Despising cowardice in others, I wished to prove myself no coward. Believing in the good, the gentle, the beautiful things of life, I addressed myself to the sweet duty of keeping these attributes for my children's sake and my own. And in striving to provide a living for them, I found a success beyond my wildest dreams.

She was tough in the best sense of the word. She'd taken blows, the disappointments, and had worked her way through them. Some people, he knew, would have buckled under, found a clutch, or given up. But she had carved a place for herself and made it work.

I've struggled in my life. I've had hard times, but I kept pressing on.

The harder the world, the fiercer the honour.

You can bend but never break me. Cause it only serves to make me more determined to achieve my final goal.