It's the character that's the strongest that God gives the most challenges to. Return to Me Marty O'Reilly trials character overcoming
We all get smacked around. We got to learn to take the hits, lick our wounds, and move on. Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 18 Aaron Glassman fortitude, strength of mind overcoming life
Life brings you to your knees. It brings you lower than you think you can go. But if you stand back up and move forward, if you go just a little farther, you will always find love. Life Itself (2018) Isabel Díaz life overcoming trials
If you can dream-and not make dreams your master; If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools: Rudyard Kipling Motivational Quotes
It's not for sissies, you know. Dining alone. Gotta be made of some pretty stern stuff to do that. See, the trick is to seem mysterious. Like the choice is yours. Yeah, well, you pick these things up. Hope Floats Justin Matisse loneliness dinner fortitude, strength of mind
A man was not beaten until he was beaten. Jack London Smoke Bellew Christopher Smoke Bellew struggle overcoming purposefulness
If you don't like how the table is set, turn over the table. House of Cards Season 2 Episode 2 Francis Underwood persistence, tenacity perseverance Motivational Quotes
— We're gonna die, you know? — Maybe. But if we die, we're gonna die walking. Alive Roberto Canessa Nando Parrado overcoming willpower persistence, tenacity
The world breaks everyone... and afterward many are stronger at the broken places. Bottle Shock Bo Barrett trials overcoming fortitude, strength of mind
I don't dive and I don't lose. Love, Death & Robots Season 1 Episode 1 Sonnie defeat willpower struggle
— Would you just talk about something? I don't know. Anything. Just talk. Tell me about my son. — He's about my height. He has your eyes. What's he like? You trust him. He's got a strength. I'd die for John Connor. — Well, at least now I know what to name him. Don't suppose you know who the father is so I won't tell him to get lost? — John never said much about him. I know he dies before the war... — Wait. I don't wanna know. So was it John that sent you here? — I volunteered. It was a chance to meet the legend. Sarah Connor, who taught her son to fight, organize, prepare from when he was a kid. When you were in hiding before the war. — You're talking about things I haven't done yet in the past tense. It's driving me crazy. Are you sure you have the right person? Come on. Do I look like the mother of the future? I mean, am I tough? Organized? I can't even balance my checkbook. Look, Reese, I didn't ask for this honor and I don't want it. Any of it. — Your son gave me a message to give to you. Made me memorize it. «Thank you, Sarah, for your courage through the dark years. I can't help you with what you must soon face, except to say the future is not set. You must be stronger than you imagine you can be. You must survive or I will never exist». That's all. The Terminator Sarah Connor Kyle Reese parting words memories
Have patience. Stoicism is what's called for. Works wonders. Sleuth (2007) Andrew Wyke patience endurance miracle
If the worst is a possibility, then you keep it on the table. Don't hide from it. Don't run. It can happen. And if and when it does, you need to have thought about it ahead of time. That way you're not crushed when your worst thought becomes your reality. Charles Martin The Mountain Between Us Ashley Knox preparation courage bad