emotional toughness Quotes

I think that it is important that one grows a thick skin fast in this business, and I think we have done that.

Hearts are tough, Most times they don't break. Most times they are only bend

I'll never harden my heart but I've toughened the muscles around it.

If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.

I've taken great pride in not being fragile.

I'm used to meanness. It doesn't matter to me.

When I'm angry I'm an incredibly tough person, because I don't get angry easily.

I had no idea what I was signing up for. I auditioned for some random character. I knew the sides were fake, but what they were trying to capture was an emotional toughness and a woundedness. I knew I liked the character. I didn't know who the character was, but I liked the spirit of the character.

I'm not made of glass.

He has a heart of gold - only harder.

Millions of people have decided not to be sensitive. They have grown thick skins around themselves just to avoid being hurt by anybody. But it is at great cost. Nobody can hurt them, but nobody can make them happy either.

I'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.

The toughest guys have the biggest hearts. The biggest hearts - because they have to be tough to protect it.

Most of us, I believe, admire strength. It's something we tend to respect in others, desire for ourselves, and wish for our children. Sometimes, though, I wonder if we confuse strength with other words—like 'aggression' and even 'violence'. Real strength is neither male nor female; but it is, quite simply, one of the finest characteristics that a human being can possess.

I do know that I can take a punch. I've been punched in the face three times. That's, I think, a really important thing to know about yourself. It helps you in life. It helps you be brave when you know you can take a punch. I'm a lover, not a fighter. But, God bless me, I can take a punch.

In football, I learned about trust, handling failure, embracing discomfort, and rejection, which has helped with the auditions.

You have to be tough.

Once a week, someone tells me to toughen up, get a sharper edge. I don't do that.

I've been booed in Holland and in Uruguay - as a professional footballer, you need to have thick skin and just get used to it.

The American people don't really care what side of an issue you're on. They just don't want you to act like a pussy.

I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in, I have no doubt, and, of course, if it ceased to beat, I would cease to be. But you know what I mean. I have no softness there, no—sympathy—sentiment—nonsense.

The justification for early boarding is based on a massive but common misconception. Because physical hardship in childhood makes you physically tough, the founders of the system believed that emotional hardship must make you emotionally tough. It does the opposite.

But Christina and I are not people who cry together; we're people who fight together. SO I hold my tears in.

Indians in general are sort of thick-skinned and hard to be moved.

I should say that mental strength is No. 1, experience [is] No. 2, physical strength is No. 3, and genetic ability that you're getting from Mother Nature probably comes after.