Tough Quotes

Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring can return.

Words ride on the energy of tone, its warmth or coldness; think of tone as the music of how words are expressed. You want this music to be soulful, whether you're giving sweet talk or tough love.

Sometimes - this is a tough one - not everyone can handle the truth. Sometimes you have to take a beat. But if you can take that beat, and take the high road, it'll serve you in the long run.

If you make the tough decisions, people will hate you today. But they will thank you for generations.

Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.

I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself - boys didn't mess with me. But as one of seven children, you have to fight for everything anyway.

Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy.

We make a lot of fun at President Clinton's expense. But this transition is going to be tough because it's been 25 years since this guy has gotten laid in the private sector.

A manager may be tough and practical, squeezing out, while the going is good, the last ounce of profit and dividend . . .

No matter how tough the meat may be, it's going to be tender if you slice it thin enough.

What's tough is being good every day.

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

All marriages are happy, it's living together afterward that's tough.

We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'

Establish a system you have confidence in and rely on it when you get into tough situations.

Tough like a Ukulele.

Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway."

Courage is what you earn when you've been through the tough times and you discover they aren't so tough after all.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.

I've had a tough time learning how to act like a Congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.

It's always difficult when someone close to you passes away. But it's really tough when they're on top of you.

Whoever said it's tough at the top is talking absolute sh*t.

And above all, children need our unconditional love - whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life is tough.

When you play against dirty players or very tough players, it's easy to escape because you know what they're going to do. But when the player is tough but intelligent, it's much more difficult.

Sometimes the way through someone's tough outer shell is to do something obvious, thoughtful and sweet.

The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough.

Inspiration is tough to define, it comes from so many different places. I have multiple exhibitions touring the globe, so I do travel quite a bit and travel is a great way to find inspiration.

You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.

This is tough but CHERUB's are tougher

I'm tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that's also part of my pleasure: Knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work.

The tough thing about adulthood is it starts before you even know it starts.

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.

Men are very tough, very critical of me. I think they expect you to basically just be a picture. They don't want to hear you speak.

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

Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.

A lot of bands whine about the road and how tough it is.

I feel really good right now. It will really be a tough decision. It's so hard to give up what you love doing. Hanging up the boots will not be an easy thing to do.

Real ugly girls have it tough. I feel so sorry for them sometimes.

Liberals are people who think that being tough on crime means longer suspended sentences.

No matter how tough the chase is, you should always have the dream you saw on the first day. It'll keep you motivated and rescue you (from any weak thoughts).

Our task is tough, and our time is limited. Party organizations and governments at all levels must give priority to emission reduction and bring the idea deep into people's hearts.

Never having alone time is real tough on people.

I live in a tough neighborhood. They got a children's zoo. Last week, four kids escaped.

When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.

Cycling isn’t a game, it's a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn’t play at cycling.

It's not about being tough but to accept your weaknesses and work to get stronger day by day.

Future is an unknown country which requires tough visas for anyone to enter. Not all of us will get the chance to visit it.

I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.

If you're not in love with what you do, business will be really tough. You can do good one day, and bad the next. You can have a great year, and a bad year that wipes away all of your success.

Actors need steely determination. It's a tough profession with plenty of knocks along the way. You have to be very determined and never take 'no' for an answer.