Best 628 quotes in «tough quotes» category

I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always be there.

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

I always wanted to have my own farm. I've never been able to achieve that. It's kinda tough.

I am a big fan of the night shoots, as tough as they are, because they have almost a camping trip feel.

I am tough minded, but not hard hearted.

I believe that when the going gets tough, you should just hit pause. Assimilate what is happening for 10 minutes. Your thoughts will be much clearer.

I call it extreme vetting right? Extreme vetting. I want extreme. It's going to be so tough, and if somebody comes in that's fine but they're going to be good. It's extreme.

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.

I belong a Yankee. I'm really happy that I got the chance to sign a good contract, and really happy that I got the chance to stay with the Yankees. Going elsewhere, I was going to hear the offers, but the Yankees made it really tough.

I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are and how you're willing to be treated.

I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period.

I can't imagine just dusting my pants off and going about my life like, "Phew! I sure made it through a tough spot, now where am I headed?" I feel more of an obligation to be helpful.

I can be extremely vulnerable. People are tough on me because they think I can handle it.

I decided to be a smarter fighter. I already knew I was tough, so if I was smart and tough, I was more likely to be a champion.

I come from a family of very strong women, women who have endured very tough lives in hopes of a better one for their children.

I come from a pretty tough background and I learned a long time ago not to be bothered.

I definitely learned a lesson this time. I know that I can be broken. I am not as tough as I thought. I see it now. At this point, it's the only thing good that came out of all of this. I know myself better now and know what I have to do.

I didn't deserve to be president just based on the Richter scale of 'Was I tough enough and did I understand the process?'

If I had one thing I'd like to lose weight. It's tough because of the way I live.

I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once.

If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.

I felt violated after certain scenes in the movie [Stone]. She [Lucetta] is a tough character. The choices she makes, especially her sexual choices... it was hard for me to put myself out there like that.

I find acting tough, but sitting around chatting - that's easy.

I don't think there's any shortage of tough, sometimes vicious rhetoric about President Barack Obama coming from the right. Talk radio shows dominated by conservatives.

I feel compassionate, because I know [students] all have to go down this road of suffering and it's going to be tough.

If I played a tough kid on the street I couldn't go out there and get into fifth position. I had to dance like a tough kid on the street.

I fix things. Believe me, when you hear about tough phone calls I'm having, don't worry about it.

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

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.

If men ever discovered how tough women actually are, they would be scared to death.

If we have to go through a mental exercise, yes or no, every time we are faced with a tough decision, we will continue to have trouble with living what we supposedly believe.

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

If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life of crime.

If you're going to break up, it reaches a point where whatever is happening is not working and it all comes to a head. I think that's a tough realization and it's hard to communicate sometimes. You just have to think about your happiness and the other person's happiness, and communicate really honestly.

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

If you thought eighth grade was tough, try it with fangs and a fear of garlic.

If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it.

If you're married you'll have tough times.

If you're upset with how you look at 25, life's going to be tough.

If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes. This is a tough business.

Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.

I gotta get working, you know? I've been too busy. I've been trying my hardest, but it's really tough.

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.

I grew up around some people whose parents toured a lot: tough on the marriage, tough on the kids.

I grew up in a tough neighborhood where a lot of kids were older than me. The older kids decided to pick me on me starting when I was about 6 and it didn't take me long to take a stand for myself.

I guess there hasn't been a tough enough opponent for me to fight. But fighting a southpaw is OK. It's something different and maybe I need something different. I look at a right-handed fighter then I look at a left-handed fighter, and it's even better.

I guess my mantra is you have to work really hard if you want something. You have to be committed to hard work and persistence even when it gets tough.

I had a chance to go to Italy when I was younger and that would have been tough because of the language. America is easier but I really loved it.

I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood.

I have complete confidence in the American people and our legal traditions and the prosecutors, the tough prosecutors from New York who specialize in terrorism.