Tough Quotes

Tough times never last, but tough people do. (Robert H. Schuller)
I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want. View quote
Madonna (entertainer)
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. View quote
Franklin D. Roosevelt
It's tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won't drink from my glass. View quote
Rodney Dangerfield
As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future. View quote
Indra Nooyi
Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid. View quote
John Wayne
A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to. View quote
Rahul Dravid
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources. View quote
Ronald Reagan
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough. View quote
Richard M. DeVos
I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing. View quote
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round. (James J. Corbett)
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete. View quote
Chris Cleave
Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember? View quote
Gregory Peck
I know not everyone will like me, but this is who I am so if you don't like it, tough! View quote
Britney Spears
If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can think of lots more when you've finished the three pages, don't write it; it'll be that much easier to get going next day. View quote
Philip Pullman
No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification of Tallulah's husband. It's tough enough to be bogged down in a legend. It would be even tougher to marry one. View quote
Tallulah Bankhead
Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest. View quote
Wilson Mizner
Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers. View quote
Richard Pryor
Drinking bear is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion. View quote
Alice Cooper
I lived in a plenty tough neighborhood. When somebody called me a 'dirty little Guinea', there was only one thing to do-break his head. When I got older, I realized that you shouldn't do it that way. I realized that you've got to do it through education. Children are not to blame. It is the parents. How can a child know whether his playmate is an Italian, a Jew or Irish, unless the parents have discussed it in the privacy of their homes. View quote
Frank Sinatra
Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us. (Oprah Winfrey)
I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life. View quote
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent. View quote
Dave Barry
By the time a man is 35 he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in high school do not work in life. View quote
Robert Bly
You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times. View quote
Tilman J. Fertitta