Definition of Fortitude

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Fortitude

Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.

That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble.

Related Definitions:

Adversity, Against, And, Attack, Bear, Bearing, Confronting, Coolness, Courage, Danger, Depression, Despondency, Encounter, Endurance, Enduring, Firmness, In, Mind, Murmuring, Of, Or, Pain, Passive, Person, Power, Resist, Resolute, Strength, That, To, Trouble, Up, Which, With, Without

Fortitude Quotations

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.
William Blake

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
John Locke

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.
Francis Bacon

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.
Desi Arnaz

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
Jacqueline Bisset

A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
Jacqueline Bisset

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
Jean Rostand

Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.
Gregg Easterbrook

We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.
Robert Falcon Scott

I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.
Major Taylor

Fortitude Translations

fortitude in Norwegian is sjelsstyrke
fortitude in Spanish is fortaleza
fortitude in Swedish is mod

Quotes