Best 628 quotes in «tough quotes» category

To run a successful business, you have to be tough.

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

Tough times teach trust.

Tough like a Ukulele.

Tough talk often draws headlines, but war rarely conforms to slogans.

To those who would criticize our tough stance, I would point out that the United States has demonstrated not merely with words but with its actions that we stand firmly behind Article 5, the mutual defense commitment.

Tough minded enough to do the necessary things--this is the epitome of what a team is.

'Tough' meant it was an uncompromising image, something that came from your gut, out of instinct, raw, of the moment, something that couldn't be described in any other way. So it was tough. Tough to like, tough to see, tough to make, tough to understand. The tougher they were the more beautiful they became.

Tough times make tough people.

Tough women who don't take sh*t are also put in positions that are really scary for them. It's important that they feel supported, but it's also important that we allow people to come to things on their own time. It's a very scary thing when you're a woman who's been assaulted or harassed to come forward. And it takes a lot of courage.

Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be.

Toughness is a skill. I don't think we're all born tough. You learn about toughness through your experience.

Touring used to be hard. Early on in my career when I was more in grind mode, I was doing two or three shows a day. It was tough because you start feeling like you have no life. That being said, I do enjoy actually doing the shows.

Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol stations.

Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals

Trump appeals to right-wingnuts because when the going gets tough, they wig out.

Ultimately I'm making movies because of the producers and I don't want to disappoint my producer. It's always a tough balance to figure out how far I listen to them though.

Understand, when you eat meat, that something did die. You have an obligation to value it - not just the sirloin but also all those wonderful tough little bits.

We are being tough in saying it is a duty on the unemployed in future not only to be available for work - and not to shirk work - but also to get the skills for work. That is a new duty we are introducing.

We are getting used to levels of violence, we are getting used to seeing these horrific things going on all the time. I think it's tough. It's rough.

We are generally pleased that we were able to report a solid quarter in a tough advertising environment,.

We artists love to talk tough, but we're just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it.

We defended. We made them keep tough shots, and we executed offensively.

We did our best to do a Fox show, frankly, I don't think the difficulties we had at Fox would be exclusive to Fox. It's tough to be funny, because there's so many eyeballs and there's so much money at stake that I think everything is just kind of over-thought. And it's tough to be daring and do something different, either with regards to content or even structure.

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

We have to continue at a high level and make them take tough shots.

We have to get very, very tough on cyber and cyber warfare. It is - it is a huge problem.

We just forced them into tough shots that whole overtime. It was a classic five minutes that we needed.

We live in a world where everybody's supposed to be cool and act tough and put up fronts, and everybody is so cynical.

Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the case, you know.

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

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

We need a dialogue with the Iranians, and it is going to take both carrots and sticks. We employed very tough economic sanctions, and they are having an effect. But we also have to give the Iranians an idea of what the economic and cooperative possibilities would be if they did give up their quest for a nuclear weapon.

We remove ourselves from the experience itself to a surrogate of the experience, which is whatever measure you take from the brain, be it the electroencephalogram or magnet encephalography or say functional magnetic resonance. So it's pretty tough to make those comparisons.

We're obviously having a tough time, like the other teams did.

We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.

We've shot with babies and kids and it was tough. It's not easy. It looks tangential, but it is not.

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

What makes you tough is your mindset and I believe anyone can be tough.

What's tough is being good every day.

Whenever I get into a tough situation...I think of growing up, and I say, 'This situation won't be the worst one I've ever been in.

When I feel good, the crowd is behind me, have a great spirit, I think I can be very tough to beat.

When I'm angry I'm an incredibly tough person, because I don't get angry easily.

When I'm down or maybe when it's close in the match, I feel like I'm still in it. I don't feel like I'm letting down. Mentally, I'm still really, really tough.

When it comes to economics, president-elect [Donald] Trump has promised to revive American manufacturing, get tough on trade with China, cut taxes and invest in infrastructure.

When somebody says the best thing you can do is be tough, the best thing you can do is use your brute force, then we're selling ourselves short.

When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.

When the going gets tough, you have to lie.

When the going gets tough that should be your inspirational reason to drive on.

When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break.