Tough Quotes

When times get tough, we don't give up. We get up.

Life is rough so you gotta be tough.

I don't need to know how tough I am to know how tough I am.

If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.

When the going gets tough, you have to lie.

I'm strong, I'm tough, I still wear my eyeliner.

I always say to myself right before a tough set in the gym, Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.

In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.

My scare value is high. My arena is controversy. My tough front is my biggest asset.

There are no tough guys in wrestling.

The toughest thing is facing yourself. Being honest with yourself, that's much tougher than beating someone up. That's what I call tough.

You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.

Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.

Talking with Ken Shamrock was almost a one-way conversation. I knew Ken was a tough guy, one of the toughest in the world at one time and still tough as nails. I had heard he had a tough background, but there are two times in that interview when I teared up. I'm "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and I didn't cry, but I teared up. Ken saw me, and he almost started tearing up, too. I'd never experienced anything like that. To hear some of the things that he went through, my jaw was on the floor.

What we learn through failure becomes a precious part of us, strengthening us in everything we do. So let the tough things make you tougher.

We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.

When the road looks rough ahead, remember the 'Man upstairs' and the word HOPE. Hang onto both and 'tough it out'.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

There's a fine line between being sweet and innocent and being a tough broad.

Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides.

Aye, tough mermaids are, the lot of them.

Interviewing is tough, especially if you don't know what you're looking for.

I will use all my strength to bring about a just society to a nation living in a tough world.

We don't back off obstacles and tough situations, we use them to make us stronger.

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

Life's pretty tough . . . you're lucky if you live through it.

If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one

The Scots are a very tough people. They have drive-by headbuttings. In Glasgow a sweatband is considered a silencer.

I know not everyone will like me, but this is who I am so if you don't like it, tough!

It's a tough marketplace right now... It is very compressed... A turnaround is likely to happen quicker than before.

A lot of people say, 'Well, I like a challenge. 'I don`t like challenges. Life is tough enough without any challenges.

I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad.

TAKE A DEEP BREATH EVERY MORNING; SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEALTH. THE ALTERNATIVE IS UNBELIEVABLY TOUGH.

I had a tough career. I then resolved to find peace. And, I finally found Islam.

Yes, it's tough, but not as tough as doing comedy.

For the choke, there are no 'tough guys'

Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can't ever stop.

when times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative.

For everything in life there is always a beginning and an end. This is the tough part the most difficult thing when you see that it’s coming: The end.

If the hill has its own name, then it's probably a pretty tough hill.

Those who tell you it's tough at the top have never been at the bottom.

The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to believe that you're a mentally tough runner

Roland La Starza was tough, but Ezzard Charles was the toughest man I ever fought. I learned what pain was all about when I fought him.

Well, me don't swim too tough so me don't go in the water too deep.

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough.

Those who successfully go through tough times do so because they keep insisting.

One must have a tough mind, and a soft heart.

There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I'm not going to let anybody see you.

Life can be real tough... you can either learn from your problems, or keep repeating them over and over.

One of the toughest guys in the world is Randy Couture - he is the true epitome of what a tough guy is.