Mettle Quotes
Mettle Quote of the day
To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.
Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him - that is the true test of his mettle.
Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self-mettle tires him.
Cowards shrink from toil and peril, Vulgar souls attempt and fail; Men of mettle, nothing daunted, Persevere till they prevail.
Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters.
We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle.
O magnet-South! O glistening perfumed South! My South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! Good and evil! O all dear to me!
The sort of movies I make are not ones that can easily be sold upfront, so I have to make them and prove their mettle before I can sell them.
There's nothing worse than being shackled by some miniscule sort of technology you have onstage, and I think your mettle is going to get tested in those moments.
This camp is a forge for the army; it's testing our mettle. Instead of heat and hammer, our trials are cold and hunger. Question is, what are we made of?
If you walk through life in a fighting pose with your fists balled up and ready to strike, someone, someday, somewhere, is going to want to test your mettle.
Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.
Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them.