J. Edgar Hoover Quotes

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I never fall down. I always fight.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

When push comes to shove, I'm a fighter, and I'm going to force someone to fight. It takes a lot of technique, it takes a lot of skill, but to take that, and make something of it, it's a lot of heart and a lot of determination, and that's something I have. That's who I am.

I think just that dog inside of you. When things suck, just to still fight.

What true 'Strong Style' really is, is the battle of the heart of man. It's not about how strong and how forceful you're throwing your blows. It's showing the never-say-die attitude of the human spirit. As long as it looks like you're fighting and giving your all, people will believe.

I love fighting and will always have the heart of a fighter.

I've taken many knocks over the years but it has only made me stronger and more determined to succeed.

Real courage is holding on to a still voice in your head that says, 'I must keep going.' It's that voice that says nothing is a failure if it is not final. That voice that says to you, 'Get out of bed. Keep going. I will not quit.'

There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!

Courage is how bad you want it.

The test of your character is what it takes to stop you.

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

Resolve in advance to persist until you succeed, no matter what the difficulty.

Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.

Happiness requires courage, stamina, persistence, fortitude, perseverance, bravery, boldness, valor, vigor, concentration, solidity, substance, backbone, grit, guts, moxie, nerve, pluck, resilience, spunk, tenacity, tolerance, will power, chutzpah, and a good thesaurus.

Hardships and handicaps can...stimulate our energy to survive them. You'll find if you study the lives of people who've accomplished things, it's often been done with the help of great willpower in overcoming this and that.

The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game.

I can't go on. I'll go on.

If you don't have any fight in you, you might as well be dead.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.