Best 628 quotes in «tough quotes» category

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 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 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 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 married you'll have tough times.

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

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

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.

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

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 if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life.

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.

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

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

I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.

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.

I have confidence that God is with us in all things, both tender and tough

I have fun being sexy and tough at the same time.

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 haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.

I just don't want you to feel uncomfortable about this," he says. Say: "Hey. I am a very cool person. I am tough." Show him your bicep.

I have respect for my fellow journalists at the other networks, and I wish them all well. This is a tough business, so good for them.

I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I think I had the wisdom as a child to know that it would help me later on.

I just said, you can't lie and hold up a Bible. And you can't do that. You just can't do that. It's not appropriate. And I was tough on him on that, because things were said abut me that were not true. And Marco Rubio actually said that he lied. And I have never seen a politician say to another politician that he lied.

I have drive, for sure. You have to. It's a tough business; there are a lot of actresses and not a lot of great roles. I don't want to complain because I'm so grateful.

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

I like Thomas Jefferson, though he intimidated me. I thought he would have been very tough to be around. I don't know if he had such a sense of humor.

I'm addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I'm done because I feel accomplished.

I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called.

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.

I'm a New Yorker, so I have the sort of tough vein that's naturally bred into me. In general, I'm a nice person, and that seems to surprise people sometimes.

I'm a New Yorker, so there are some aspects of being a tough woman that I thought I could bring to the role - but it's such a different world as a woman who's like a warrior.

I love kids, but they are a tough audience.

I'm an immigrant myself. It was a tough road to come to America and work.

I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.

I'm an L.A. girl who became a tough New York cop.

I'm itching to see Usher & Shakira work their magic. And of course, Blake is so amazing! It was tough, but I went on my gut which was Adam.

I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing.

I'm away 250 days a year. It's a tough situation.

I'm not this tough guy, I'm not this super hard person.

I'm not a fighter. I'm not a tough guy at all. I walk away from fights.

I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.

I'm pretty confident that people are going to come along for the ride. If they don't, tough.

I'm hard of hearing. I miss a lot. It's really tough.

I'm tough on the outside and soft on the inside [...] I'm really a shy guy.