Top 100 Be Tough Quotes
#1. Migration is a feature of globalisation. You can't stop it; so every time a political party says it is going to be tough on immigration, it fails to deliver and loses trust.
Margaret Hodge
#2. Never give up and always keep fighting, because though times may be tough, the sacrifices do pay off, so just keep pushing towards your dream and just love it at the same time and enjoy it.
Gabby Douglas
#3. Independence can be tough. Without a studio to back you up, when you finish a feature and want to start a new project you have to start from zero.
Raul Garcia
#4. I've been through a lot in the music industry, in life. I've learned that I have to be tough in this world.
Skylar Grey
#5. It takes a real man to live for God-a lot more man than to live for the devil, you know? If you really want to live right these days, you gotta be tough.
Johnny Cash
#6. I can be tough on actors, but I also let them know early on in our relationship what I expect from them.
Ricky Schroder
#7. If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
Rosalynn Carter
#8. 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.
Benjamin Jealous
#9. I'm not pro-owner or pro-player. I am pro-football. I want the game to go on. I want the game to be tough. I don't want the game to be a killer of our players.
Jim Brown
#10. Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it.
Natalie Goldberg
#11. The second episode of any new show can be tough. You have about a week to top the well-crafted and polished pilot episode that was written over six months.
Michael Patrick King
#12. It'll be tough, you're going to have face a lot of dragons.
Jennifer Brown
#13. I realized that I'm a soft person. I think I'm sensitive. I wanted very much to be tough and I think movie stars have a certain kind of resilience and toughness to them, but I'm quite a sensitive young lady in some respects.
Rachael Taylor
#14. So, you ready to let us in on your plan, Meg? Alik spoke just above a whisper, though we were completely isolated. I think he was worried I was going to get all moody and crazy on him. Poor fellow. It must be tough living with a walking emotional superconductor all the time.
Karen Luellen
#15. Are you gonna be tough, or are you going to be tough?
Dwight Howard
#16. I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called.
James M. Cain
#17. Oh, they may be tough individuals, but it takes more than personal toughness to be good leaders. The methods and goals have to contribute to the toughness.
Chris Kyle
#18. What's not to love about us! People got to know Misty and me in Athens. We've continued to be successful and continued to connect with the fans. I promise we're going to be tough to get rid of.
Kerri Walsh
#19. She's strong? Who's strong? Isn't she just pretending to be tough? She looks as if ... She could get crushed so easily ...
Minari Endou
#20. Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
#21. Women are more likely to have sex and fall in love, which can be tough because that's not the way men work.
Rachel Perry
#22. When we get in late and the only thing open is fast food, it can be tough to maintain a healthy diet.
Mike Trout
#23. A.J. nodded, covering her smile with a hand as Devlin emerged with his hair messed up and hay hanging off his sweater. He looked like he'd been through a war.
"You okay there, champ?" Chester asked. "Those there grain bags can be tough when they come atcha in a pack like that.
J.R. Ward
#24. There's always the things that you think are going to be tough. I've been nude once, and I was like, "Oh, that's going to be a nightmare," and actually that was fine.
Carey Mulligan
#25. Love never fails.
But then again, sometimes love has to put boxing gloves on and be tough in order to survive. Sometimes, you have to do the harder thing - the thing where you let someone grow on their own.
Courtney Cole
#26. You have to be tough and stand your ground.
Dan Welch
#27. Saints have to be tough as well as tender because saints are like Christ, and Christ was the toughest and the tenderest man who ever lived.
Peter Kreeft
#28. Just because someone is a girl doesn't mean she can't be tough and practical and have adventures. That's the way most girls are-until they get around guys. Then guys make them act all stupid.
Candace Bushnell
#29. It's going to be tough (winning the MVP Award). I'm not really considered a media darling.
Albert Belle
#30. I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.
Yani Tseng
#31. It's tough and it should be tough - it should never be easy to be given millions of pounds to make a drama. The coalition government is doing terrible things to the BBC, but drama will survive even if we end up putting on a play in a backroom of a pub.
Russell T. Davies
#32. I am drawn to those parts; I like the tough girls because they are not tough. It's a veil; it's a disguise. It's defenses. At the core, everybody is human, everybody is fragile, everybody is terrified, and the fear is what propels you to be tough.
Tatiana Maslany
#33. C'mon Pudge. I'm teasing. You have to be tough. I didn't know how bad it was
and I'm sorry, and they'll regret it
but you have to be tough.
John Green
#34. The transitions will be tough because of the nature of a triathlon, you have to get changed and dry off or whatever. But this is going to be even harder because I have to do all that, then speak on the radio, do an interview with local telly, do some press and some interviews.
Greg James
#35. Turns out that people who try new things, go new places, learn new skills, etc. are happier. This can be tough, because novelty and challenge also bring frustration and irritation - but if you can push through that, novelty and challenge can bring enormous happiness rewards.
Gretchen Rubin
#36. The idea that Love Must Be Tough dictates that we be willing to set another person free- even if it causes us great pain to let go. When we do this, we maximize the chances that that loved one will not leave, because the cage door has been opened and self-respect has been affirmed.
James Dobson
#37. I think there's a whole bunch of things that go along with being a girl. You're not supposed to have opinions or be tough or strong. You're supposed to be soft and vulnerable, and I find those qualities important in both men and women.
Ellen DeGeneres
#38. Poor guy. Must be tough finding the right woman when you're a smoking-hot, super rich resort tycoon.
Tracy March
#39. To escape the cycle of tragedy, we (searchers) have to be tough on the ideas of the planners, even while we salute their goodwill.
William Easterly
#40. It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last - tough people do.
James Robertson
#41. I think that when you're kind of just shoved out there and you have to be tough and you're facing tough people and people are saying bad things about you, that all of a sudden, you have to become a little less sweet.
Farrah Fawcett
#42. Oh, the days will be tough that I promise is true
but right around the corner the dream will be Infront of you.
Nikki Rowe
#43. It can be tough when you're on the road, but I think food is meant to be enjoyed, so whenever we go to a new place, we look for the specialty item there.
Hannah Kearney
#44. Never give up, and be confident in what you do. There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined to achieve your objectives and to win against all the odds.
Marta
#45. People talk about cold weather and it'd be tough to catch balls. But the greatest catcher of all time, Michael Crabtree, catches everything. It's unbelievable. In the northern snowlands, down to the tropics' sunny scenes, he's catching the football. Where they throw a football, he'll be catching it.
Jim Harbaugh
#47. I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply:
men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty,
never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.
John Wayne
#48. You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.
Joe Louis
#49. I always tell my clients to be tough, to be strong. Never weaken yourself. I believe God favors only strong persons.
Mario Teguh
#50. I just want people to finish the book and say, 'I was entertained.' When I set out to do it, I had no deal in place. I knew it would be tough. I read somewhere that John Steinbeck was turned down 22 times on his first novel. But I was just going to do it.
Marv Levy
#51. No matter how good you act to be tough, your emotions will flow without your control...
Ankit Rawat
#52. You need your freedom. You need to be able to do what you want to do as a journalist, as a person who's speaking for other women as you speak for yourself, and you make a choice. You have to be tough enough to take the consequences of that choice.
Anne Roiphe
#53. It's the nature of journalism to need to be close to your subjects. And either you're able to be tough on them, which a lot of us are, or you get in bed with them, and some people do.
Kara Swisher
#55. Writers need to be tough. This is not for the weak of will. And we have to realize that, yeah, it's never good enough. It's not like fixing a car where it's precise and we know what the end result will be definitively.
David Morrell
#56. Unless I've got Katy Perry on the cover of my CD, it's going to be tough to sell a lot of records.
Kenny G
#57. Get a book, so you know where to put your fingers. Otherwise it would be tough to learn. Also you have to fight through getting callouses on your fingers because it hurts, you are pressing your fingers on metal strings, they will hurt at first until you start building up callouses.
Joan Jett
#58. A painting should be tough; it should have muscle, but I have to find some tenderness in it, too. There has to be that dynamic.
Gary Hume
#59. There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.
Tamara Mellon
#60. The real challenge of being a flight attendant is getting people out. The training requires that they demonstrate they can evacuate an aircraft within 90 seconds, but of course, a lot of stuff that is easy to do in training turns out to be tough in practice.
Philip Greenspun
#61. Life can be tough at times, but each time you fall, is another lesson to learn from.
Auliq Ice
#62. Belonging is one of the things that makes life bearable, and it can be tough to look at a binary world and choose against both sides.
Andrew Solomon
#63. I feel that right from the start the players were prepared to experience catastrophic results with comments like: 'It's going to be tough and we are going to need time'.
Lilian Thuram
#64. A mere two days without eating and you passed out. It must be tough not being able to photosynthesize.
Tsutomu Nihei
#65. I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he's pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen.
Jennifer Lopez
#66. The quote that i liked is"The moment of the baby boy is born is taught to be tough" i really liked this quote from the book that am reading because i think its the same in UAE,we teach our baby boy to be strong and to get up without crying and to depend on him self.
Steve Harvey
#67. Butch nodded as if he knew exactly what was doing. Like I said, my man, it's whatever. You and me? Same as always, no matter who you screw. Although ... if you're into sheep, that would be tough. Don't know if I could handle that.
J.R. Ward
#68. From the moment little boys are taught they should not cry or express hurt, feelings of loneliness, or pain, that they must be tough, they are learning how to mask true feelings. In worst-case scenarios they are learning how to not feel anything ever.
Bell Hooks
#69. We should not expect everyone to be tough and not feel anything when offended. No one is meant to hate and be hated - we are all meant to love and be loved.
Auliq Ice
#70. Anyone can be tough for a season. It takes a special kind of human to rise to life's challenges for a lifetime.
Chris Matakas
#71. A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.
Iggy Azalea
#72. When you fall in love, love deeply. Be tough but also be open to the possibility of forgiveness.
Nicholas Sparks
#74. I've worked hard, but this business can be tough, and I just consider myself incredibly lucky to have had the career that I have, and to still be having so much fun playing drums and making music.
Taylor Hawkins
#75. At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough ... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home.
Michel Patini
#76. Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.
Dennis Prager
#77. My real goal is the Olympics. It's going to be tough but it was very good preparation to play here.
Anastasia Myskina
#78. If one artist sells five million albums, the tendency is for other artists to say, 'Maybe I should do a little of that, too.' That can be tough to resist.
Joe Nichols
#79. I like the spreads - designing them is a welcome challenge - but for a dyed-in-the-wool page-a-day journeyman like me, it can be tough to leave a drawing unfinished at the end of the workday.
Stuart Immonen
#80. Tough love may be tough to give, but it is a necessity of life and assurance of positive growth.
T.F. Hodge
#81. Sometimes people expect that I'm going to be tough. It's not a bad situation. People treat you better. People are on time.
Tina Fey
#82. Can Israelis be wistful? It is not the characteristic we usually associate with them; more typically they are said to be tough, sweet, angry, thoughtful, demanding - not wistful.
Elliott Abrams
#83. 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.
Maggie Grace
#84. I'll always be tough on myself.
Kate Bush
#85. You just need to be honest with how you're feeling. But, a lot of women are afraid of it because they think, 'Oh, they are going to take my baby away. They're gonna call me incompetent. I'm going to lose my job. I've got to be tough, it's a man's world.'
Marie Osmond
#86. I really believe deep in my soul that we're going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice.
Zach Wamp
#87. Working with animals is always going to be tough because the animal doesn't know it's an actor.
Kit Harington
#88. If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.
Jeff Cooper
#89. The attributes you need to be a travel writer are somewhat contradictory. For travel you need to be tough and resilient and to write you must be sensitive and sympathetic.
Colin Thubron
#90. Divorce can be tough when the woman is the breadwinner. But the Lord can make the dark light.
Betty Wright
#91. I hoping to make it [decision] sometime next week. I love the academics at Tech. I can get a great degree there in engineering. Georgia has the ability to win it all next season. I think I can play early at both schools. It's going to be tough.
Calvin Johnson
#92. When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.
Donald Trump
#93. Very few people around the world know that cancer kills more people than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined - until we get everyone to realize that, it will be tough to get them to act.
Jenna Morasca
#94. He was handsome and strong, but somehow that wasn't enough for him. He also felt the need to be tough and inured to hardship... But how was he to come by that quality in this luminous garden, where all manner of fruit was to be had for the picking?
Michael Ende
#95. She's tough for a blueblood, he'd thought, a lifetime ago. Maybe tough enough to be with him. He hadn't considered that he might not be tough enough to be with her.
Cinda Williams Chima
#96. ... what kind of life do we live if we let fear break us down? The truth is there will be tough times, we've certainly been through them before; but good things happen everyday. Great things. We just have to open our eyes and see them.
Christene Houston
#97. I think this industry can be tough on everyone. You have to surround yourself with supportive people and know when to put your foot down and do what's best for you and your family. The first few years in the music industry can be a steep learning curve, and I've definitely developed a thicker skin!
Rebecca Ferguson
#98. We have been shirking too long, and that's unworthy of a great civilization. To see off the new Dark Ages will be tough and demanding. The alternative will be worse.
Mark Steyn
#99. Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision.
Christian Kane
#100. Pit bulls languish in kennels and shelters across the United States because they were originally conditioned by their owners to be "tough," but then they became too much for their owners to handle.
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