Tough Quotes

Not surprisingly, troubled economic times often beget proselytizers of wacky, extreme ideas.

It was always tough, but today we are in the throes of something we have never seen in our history. It's clear in recent times the market is looking for a bottom.

When I read it ["Tough Guys Don't Dance"], I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write.

You know, I used to say that it's really tough to get out of the top 100, you know? So I proved to everybody that it's not so tough, it's pretty easy.

I’m all you have in this world Mariam, and when I’m gone you’ll have nothing. You ARE nothing!

Some people make a bad bed, they just have to lie in it.

If you have the character to hang in there when its tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the game of life.

I think that when people look at me, and they look at my height and my voice and my coloring, they automatically think, "Tough."

Emotional pain makes me want to isolate. Or hit back. It's very tough to rise above my natural inclinations. I'm always working on this.

Perseverance is demonstrated by those who keep going when the going gets tough, who don’t give up even when others say, It can’t be done.

When I started making films, I wanted to make Frank Capra pictures. But I've never been able to make anything but these crazy, tough pictures. You are what you are.

It was quite tough, not many opportunities. I remember in primary school, one of my teachers said, "As for you young man, you haven't got much of a future."

Airshow flying is tough, it's even tougher if you do something stupid. Don't do nuthin dumb!

Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.

I'm a tough coach, but on the other side of that is me telling them to go all out, "because you're great, because I don't want you to fail, because you were born to do this and you have a dream."

You hear players, media people, say that it's tough to play in Philly in front of these fans, to those people I say: you didn't have the guts to succeed here!

It's hard enough to get any movie made, and when you take on these tough genres - and I've done it a couple times - it just makes the whole struggle more.

Hey I think the Urban Meyer rule is in effect right now... When the going gets tough... QUIT.

Some things are sent to test us. Clearly you must be good at problem solving if you are being set tough exams.

There are many ways to portray darkness and evil and it isn't all in being mean and tough.

I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.

Yes, aging can be tough and rough... But it is possible to approach the ultimate without staggering and even with a kind of glow, like a radiant sunset.

I'm quite good at going away from home. I don't live with my parents or anything. But it is tough when you're so far away from everyone.

We're in a tough situation because of teenage children, and then we have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so my family and my responsibilities is sort of a juggle.

I've become a pretty tough cookie after having a divorce. I think that I've persevered through a lot of talk.

Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio training for the day.

If you're a guy over 30 by yourself in the hotel pool, you automatically look like a murderer who's just relaxing after he strangled a family. "Yeah-that dad was a tough one to kill."

I didn't say the meat was tough. I said I didn't see the horse that is usually outside.

Just making sure that they both felt equally loved is what was tough about the twins.

It's very tough to get yourself around the idea that there could be a mechanism being used or abused to restrict and alter the society in which we live.

Zaveck is a tough guy. He has never been knocked down and I love putting people to sleep. Knowing that he has never been knocked down is a true test for me

We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead.

Stop worrying about whether they can handle it. You want the truth? Your kid is hardier than you are... Kids are tough.

When things go wrong, this is what you should do. Make good art.

Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be.

If things sometimes get tough, you can't ask yourself what impact it's having on you. It isn't an option.

Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.

Directing, writing, producing and starring is just too tough.

In Cuba you get a quarter of a chicken per month. They give you one bread per person a day. So, it makes your life really tough.

I want to be real. I don't want to pose as anything. I don't want to pose as a tough guy. I don't want to pose as a nice guy.

To the student I would say, "Life is principally multiple choice, but at the end there's a tough essay question.

I think that public service is tough on a family - no ifs, ands, buts about it. I have my own personal wishes, but they're not always front and center.

Don't sit around playing Mr. Tough Guy. Don't say 'It's going to go away'... It's just important - just go get checked out. It's not like you're going to lose your manhood.

I can't go to the cinema. I go to the bathroom in a petrol station and people come in there for autographs. It's tough but I knew that was going to be the case.

Life is so tough. I don't know how old you are, but I've seen so much in a wink. One phone call and your life is changed forever. We all know that. You better laugh at everything.

Have a huge work ethic, be ambitious, aggressive, tough.

The way I was raised, if something wasn't tough it was not a valuable or enriching experience.

Even in my revenge fantasy where all I do is exercise, I can still do only twenty-five pull-ups. Pull-ups are tough, no joke.

I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a long, tough road, and I was like, if I just begin now, by the time I'm 40, I'll be good at it.

I was just so lucky to have a wonderful life after a tough marriage.