Tough Sayings Quotes

A tough life can be defeated only by the tougher person! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

The sea is not a charity for helping stupid captains! On the contrary, the sea is a tough arena to punish the inadequate captains! And life is also a sea! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

I saw so many kids 22, 19, with holes the size of a dime and they're dead. It's a gunshot and of course those kids thought they were as tough as nails, they never expected to be dead but they're gone. It's kinda nice to walk out of the County Coroner's Office with a couple of sayings, you know? "You're not so tough being dead on a morgue table." ~ Milo Ventimiglia

The road of life can be tough at times. when the road gets bumpy and rough you must buckle up and go for the ride.
Every road in life is a teacher if you are willing to learn from it. In order to grow and prosper you must take the ride, just buckle up put on your sunglasses and enjoy the ride. ~ Charles E Hudson

In my experience, growing up in Brooklyn and all that, the real tough guys didn't act tough. They didn't talk tough. They were tough, you know? I think about these politicians who try to pose as tough guys - it makes me laugh. ~ Pete Hamill

This is a tough, tough life when things aren't going your way. ~ Chauncey Billups

The soul is renewed through tough times. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

'Tough' meant it was an uncompromising image, something that came from your gut, out of instinct, raw, of the moment, something that couldn't be described in any other way. So it was tough. Tough to like, tough to see, tough to make, tough to understand. The tougher they were the more beautiful they became. ~ Joel Meyerowitz

It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last - tough people do. ~ James Robertson

I'm not going to get into details, but every band has their moments when things are tough. Just logistically, tough on your body, stress levels, psychologically tough, relationships can be tough. ~ Andrew Wyatt

If we do not make tough decisions now, future Americans will have to make even tougher ones. ~ Virginia Foxx

I don't think I'm tough in a so called tough way. I'm tough on myself. ~ Barbra Streisand

I don't care how much talent a team has - if the boys don't think tough, practice tough, and live tough, how they play tough on Saturday. ~ Bear Bryant

I'm a tough guy, and I like pitching in tough games. ~ Tim Hudson

What makes you tough is your mindset and I believe anyone can be tough. ~ Rickson Gracie

I don't think a tough question is disrespectful. ~ Helen Thomas

Mostly, Texas women are tough in some very fundamental ways. Not unfeminine, nor necessarily unladylike, just tough! ~ Molly Ivins

I have to be tough in my work environment and tough in the world. ~ Ciara

When you're playing a tough guy, all the other guys want to be tough right back at you and it amps them up. ~ David Hayter

This is a tough environment, and it's tough for everybody. ~ Brit Hume

When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow. ~ Vera Nazarian

You will go through tough times, it's about getting through them. ~ David Beckham

My goal is to leave the producer with so many good takes, that he or she has a tough time deciding on the best one. ~ Rob Paulsen

The tough thing is figuring out what questions to ask, but [ ... ] once you do that, the rest is really easy. ~ Elon Musk

I do not want to see BP nickel and diming these businesses that are having a tough time. ~ Emile M. Cioran

Tough times never lasts, But tough people do ~ Dr Bhawna Sokta

All runners are tough. Everyone has to have a little fire in them, that even in tough times, can't be turned off. ~ Shalane Flanagan

But my friends, these people in Egypt have stood by us in a tough, tough neighborhood. ~ Roger Wicker

There's an old saying that when it gets tough the tough get going. You have to work your way through these things. ~ Ed Belfour

I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through. ~ Joan Bauer

For me, I have this tough exterior and these Angela Bassett arms, and people think, 'Oh, my God, Rutina's tough.' ~ Rutina Wesley

In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain. ~ Theresa May

I would rather be tough on myself than have other people be tough on me. ~ Nicole Kidman

Life is very tough. If you don't laugh, it's tough. ~ Joan Rivers

Those who avoid the tough choices of life, live a life they never chose. ~ Robert Breault

The tough competition among German manufacturers makes us fundamentally strong. ~ Martin Winterkorn

Look for a tough wedge for a tough log. ~ Publilius Syrus

Life is tough, and it's really tough when you're stupid. ~ Damon Runyon

When the going gets tough, you have to lie. ~ Jean-Claude Juncker

I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot. ~ Mark McGwire

I think you can be tough and aggressive with facts in a way that you cannot be tough and aggressive with emotional retorts. Most of the people that try to be tough on TV are really just being emotional and not factual. ~ John Sununu

...sayings only become clichés because they're true. ~ MC Domovitch

I'm tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he's not a predator. He doesn't have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain't. I'm tough. ~ Mr. T

My pastor used to say you're either coming out of a tough season, in the middle of a tough season, or heading into a tough season. ~ Craig Groeschel

Condi Rice talks tough but she cannot be tough herself. ~ Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to believe that you're a mentally tough runner ~ Ryan Hall

Aye, tough mermaids are, the lot of them. ~ Blackbeard

She needs to seem tough, and whatever Hillary's weaknesses, tough is a pretty good word to describe her. ~ John Podhoretz

I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period. ~ Bill Skarsgard

When the going gets tough, everyone leaves. ~ David Lynch

Being an entrepreneur is tough. Really, really tough. ~ David S. Rose

I have voted to make tough decisions in budgetary times, I've served on two recessionary budgets, my opponent has never served on any a budget committee where there was less money to spend than the year before. ~ Matt Gonzalez

That is nice, Mr. Morgan. Because in response to your tough-guy speech, I, in turn, would've had to give you my tough-girl speech, about where, exactly, federal prosecutors who come to my office looking for assistance can stick their obstruction of justice threats ~ Julie James

Hollywood wants guys who can act tough - Hollywood don't want tough guys. ~ Danny Trejo

I am tough, and sometimes I tell it like it is. Tough love can work wonders. ~ Bikram Choudhury

Windbags can be right. Aphorists can be wrong. It is a tough world. ~ James Fenton

Tough times make tough people. ~ Benny Binion

Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told.
Artemis Fowl ~ Eoin Colfer

The sermon of your life in tough times ministers to people more powerfully than the most eloquent speaker. ~ Bill Bright

I've made tough calls and tough times and been held accountability. I think that is the kind of leadership that the American people need now to produce results. ~ Carly Fiorina

Smartness without wisdom is stupidity. ~ Abhijit Naskar

I will use all my strength to bring about a just society to a nation living in a tough world. ~ Pierre Trudeau

If men ever discovered how tough women actually are, they would be scared to death. ~ Edna Ferber

Trump appeals to right-wingnuts because when the going gets tough, they wig out. ~ Michael R. Burch

Everybody thinks this is a tough man's sport. This is not a tough man's sport. This is a thinking man's sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport. ~ Mike Tyson

The world was a tough and unfair place, but even the most hardened soul likes to chew on fruit. ~ Paul Adam Levy

Bavaro's probably as tough of a - physically and mentally as tough a football player as I've ever coached. So, I would put him in the rare category there. ~ Bill Belichick

Business is tough, and the fashion industry is particularly tough. ~ Ali Hewson

Are you gonna be tough, or are you going to be tough? ~ Dwight Howard

When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap. ~ Tom Hodgkinson

When the going gets tough that should be your inspirational reason to drive on. ~ Jon Jones

If we were created in God's image, then when God was a child he smushed fire ants with his fingertips and avoided tough questions. ~ Buddy Wakefield

I play tough guys in movies and behaved like one in front of the press because I thought that was what a man did. ~ Tom Sizemore

When times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative. ~ Kelley Armstrong

I didn't think I was so tough until I did 'Champion'; then I was a tough guy. ~ Kirk Douglas

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times. ~ Carly Fiorina

Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That's a tough thing to face. ~ Bernie Siegel

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it. ~ Walt Disney

You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other ~ Mike Krzyzewski

Yes, I'm a feminist, because I see all women as smart, gifted and tough. ~ Zaha Hadid

There are so many tough opponents out there and tough competitors so I've never liked to look ahead. ~ Caroline Wozniacki

Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint. ~ Zig Ziglar

Boxer guys are very tough and they play a very tough game, but its a game. Karate guys, tae kwon doe guys, kickboxers or judo guys, they are very tough guys and a lot of heart and a lot of training, but its very specifically as a sport. It's not a fight. A fight is everything goes. ~ Rickson Gracie

I am drawn to those parts; I like the tough girls because they are not tough. It's a veil; it's a disguise. It's defenses. At the core, everybody is human, everybody is fragile, everybody is terrified, and the fear is what propels you to be tough. ~ Tatiana Maslany

Every life is a story make your life a best seller. ~ Inspirational Sayings

If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue. ~ Pat Riley

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing. ~ Julie Andrews

When the going gets tough, let the tough get going. ~ Frank Leahy

We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong. ~ Patricia Ireland

agreeableness, extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, and conscientiousness. And ~ Paul Tough

Picture yourself crushin' Xzibit with your tough talk?
That's like Christopher Reeve doing the crip walk. ~ Xzibit

Toughness is a good thing, yet it is considered good only in men. When a woman is tough, men can't stand it. I like being tough and smart. ~ Lillian Vernon

Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love. ~ Christie Brinkley

We have to continue at a high level and make them take tough shots. ~ LeBron James

Surviving a tough situation means staying in the fight and maintaining a warrior's mindset. ~ Joe Teti

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs. ~ Jack Welch

If things are going bad and life is tough, hang in there. Ride it out. Come out on top. ~ Ashton Irwin

Self-denial is spiritual. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Truly tough guys never say they're tough. ~ Dean Koontz

When things are tough, you get tougher. ~ Chrissie Wellington