Tough Quotes

I wasnt born with a golden spoon in my mouth. It was a really tough life.

I think I may drop dead on the stage someday. I hate to think of it. But it's getting tough on me, the travel. The show, I somehow manage to rise up to it, you know. But I have no desire to retire.

I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.

Making predictions is tough. Especially for the future.

Sell is tough. It's the worst, it's the most difficult thing of all.

It's tough in the NHL; you have to produce on a high level. And everybody expects you to do it because you make a lot of money. And I never minded it. I always want to be that guy.

Try seeing your world and yourself this way, eyes open to whatever is before you, mind free of dichotomies. Are you good or bad, fragile or tough, wise or foolish? Yes. And so am I.

I loved Allan Dwan. He was a tough old guy.

The outside world can be very tough.

It's a skill that I worked all my life, and it's been taken away. That's kind of tough to take.

The friendship that we established early on in our marriage ... that carries you through tough times. That and a good sense of humor.

A Tough life with God is better than a good life without Him

Sometimes...it's better for a man just to walk away. But if you can't walk away? I guess that's when it's tough.

When I see my own people going through the tough times, it's a wake-up call. I hope my influence can impact someone else's decision to get out here and vote.

When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.

When our forefathers put down roots in desolate places, the thing that allowed them to survive was that they had a faith to see them through the tough times.

I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life.

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

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.

My wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that I ever scare her. Except, of course, when she sees me the way I look before breakfast.

It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.

After a hit show is over, you soon realize this is a very tough business ... brutally tough. But I'm a better actor and I have more gravitas than I had at 24 with bleached-blonde hair.

Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.

Can you hang in there with your investigators when things get going tough? Don't give up on investigators because they have a little weakness. Work with them until the Holy Ghost tells you not to.

I view the experiences that I have had - both the tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts.

I've always wanted to have kids of my own, it's just tough finding a woman I wouldn't be wasting my DNA on.

I'm a disciplinarian. I'm the tough love pet owner. I believe in very well-behaved animals.

A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues.

We took special pride in the fact that climbing rocks and icefalls had no economic value in society...We were like a wild species living in the edges of an ecosystem - adaptable, resilient and tough.

It's tough being out there doing what I'm doing in what they call a man's world.

Neutrality is a tough call for the weaker ones.

I've been wanting to go into music ever since I can remember. I mean even before I became an actor. I just thought it would be a tough field to break into, so I became an actor instead.

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.

A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format.

I love kids, but they are a tough audience.

I know that spinning sets me in a trance; it soothes me and charges my batteries at the same time. When times are tough I sit down to spin during the news-broadcasts, with therapeutic results.

I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin.

You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.

Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.

One belief that I've developed to carry me through extremely tough times is simply this: God's delays are not God's denials.

In both places [Paraguay and Newfoundland] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments.

I was always drawn to tough girls. I liked that domineering thing.

My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.

A white man killed the mules and our cows that knocked us right back down. And things got so tough then I began to wish I was white.

Life is tough, man. No one is spared from obstacles and trials, but there is such a beautiful plan for each of us. Just gotta let it happen.

I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport.

Children are amazing. Believe in yourself and stay strong. And remember that there are people out there who can help you when things get tough.

Anybody can win the matches you can dominate, but it's the tough matches that are going to make the difference.

If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough!

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.