Tough Man Quotes:

Toughness is a good thing, yet it is considered good only in men. When a woman is tough, men can't stand it. I like being tough and smart.

- Lillian Vernon

topic: Smart, Men, Tough Man

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

- Robert H. Schuller

source: Robert H. Schuller (1993). “Robert H Schuller: The Inspirational Writings : Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do/Tough Minded Faith for Tender Hearted People”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

topic: Motivational, Positive, Funny Inspirational, Daily Work, Just Stay Strong

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

source: Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Addiction Recovery, Inspirational Adversity

The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.

- Robert H. Schuller

topic: Inspirational, Crazy, Struggle, Hardest Times, Strength In Hard Times

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

- Seneca the Younger

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Motivational, Positive, Cheer, Feeling Down, Rough Day

Life is tough, man. No one is spared from obstacles and trials, but there is such a beautiful plan for each of us. Just gotta let it happen.

- Taylor York

topic: Beautiful, Men, Trials, Life Is Tough, Tough Man

It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken.

- Frank Perdue

topic: Men, Tough, Chickens, Tough Man

Everybody thinks this is a tough man's sport. This is not a tough man's sport. This is a thinking man's sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.

- Mike Tyson

topic: Sports, Hurt, Motivation, Tough Man, Thinking Man

By the time a man is 35 he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in high school do not work in life.

- Robert Bly

topic: School, Men, Tough, Tough Man, Right Man

We are living at an important and fruitful moment now, for it is clear to men that the images of adult manhood given by the popular culture are worn out; a man can no longer depend on them. By the time a man is thirty-five he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in high school do not work in life.

- Robert Bly

source: Robert Bly (2015). “Iron John: A Book about Men”, p.7, Da Capo Press

topic: Life, School, Men, True Man, Tough Man

Cowboy boots with a suit? You're a rough, tough businessman. Chaps with a bow tie? You're in the rough, tough man business.

- Dana Gould

topic: Men, Cowboy, Suits You, Tough Man, Chaps

MS Dhoni showed India what a tough man from a small town could dream and achieve. He has been a role model. Respect.

- Harsha Bhogle

source: Twitter post from Dec 30, 2014

topic: Dream, Men, Ms Dhoni, Tough Man

I wore a thong and a bra and a wig. Those things hurt. I mean, thongs? Like, they dig in. It takes a tough man to be a woman.

- Hank Azaria

source: "One-Man Show: Hank Azaria". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. March 14, 2012.

topic: Hurt, Mean, Men, Thongs, Tough Man

I encounter really tough men and women who are just so harsh, you can't bend them. You do come across these kinds of people in every profession-just unyielding.

- Catherine Keener

topic: Men, People, Encounters, Tough Man, Unyielding

That GOP leadership, that establishment, they've got to get their stuff together I love what they believe in, I believe in it too. But they've got to get tough, man. You know what? It's not just the New England Patriots who are dealing with deflated balls right now.

- Sarah Palin

topic: Believe, Men, Together, Tough Man, New England Patriots

I've been a prima-dona. I was taken care of since I was 13. That's why I am the way I am today. I was spoiled, like a brat. I had anything I wanted. That's crazy to be that way all your life. Everybody's taking care of you, but manipulating you at the same time. Very few people have a life like that. Most people have to work like slaves their whole lives. I've never had a job in my life. What I know how to do is hurt big, tough men - in the street and off.

- Mike Tyson

source: "Tyson: 'My whole life has been a waste'" by Jon Saraceno, usatoday30.usatoday.com. June 2, 2005.

topic: Hurt, Jobs, Crazy, Brat, Tough Man

Before Rocky III, I was minding my own business, there was a Tough Man contest. I won that contest two years in a row and I didn't win because I was the toughest, the roughest or the baddest. I won when I was training for the contest, I told my pastor "They're having a contest and when I win the contest I'm a give you the money so you can buy food and clothes for the less fortunate people in the community." That was what Mr. T was about, that was back in 1979. I didn't have a car then but that's what I'm about.

- Mr. T

source: Source: allhiphop.com

topic: Winning, Men, Years, Minding My Own Business, Less Fortunate

So I think that in the beginning of your career you're just looking to work. Luckily for me, my first movie was 'Rabbit Hole' and I got to work with incredible people, a Pulitzer prize winning writer, John Cameron Mitchell, and all the actors involved. So it's tough, man, because you want to have credibility.

- Miles Teller

topic: Winning, Men, Thinking, Tough Man, Rabbit Holes

Juilin," she asked hesitantly, "what were you going to do with the salt and cooking oil? Not exactly," she added more quickly. "Just a general idea." He looked at her for a moment. "I do not know. But they did not, either. That is the trick of it; their minds made up worse then I ever could. I have seen a tough man break when I sent for a basket of figs and some mice.

- Robert Jordan

source: Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.227, Macmillan

topic: Men, Ideas, Oil, Mind Made Up, Tough Man