Dean Acheson Quotes

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Endure what is difficult to endure and to suffer what is difficult to suffer.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

We all survive more than we think we can.

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.

You can't cry when things get a little bit hard. You've just got to push through and know that there's a reason and end to the means.

The only thing I pray for is the strength to go out without complaining.

The only thing I know how to do is survive.

As long as you don't fold up and curl up into a ball, you'll be all right.

Resilience can go an awful long way.

I've had to be tough my whole life.

Tough times don't last. Tough people do. I preach that, and I guess you have to live to it.

Bear patiently, my heart, for you have suffered heavier things.

There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.

The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it

When we see ourselves in a situation which must be endured and gone through, it is best to make up our minds to it, meet it with firmness, and accommodate everything to it in the best way practicable. This lessens the evil; while fretting and fuming only serves to increase your own torments.

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."

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

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,'

People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.

As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.