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strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage- physical strength and mental fortitude
fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
- She has the fortitude to finish this project.
- I pray for strength and fortitude.
- I shall soon have need for all my fortitude, as I am on the point of separation from my own daughter.Jane Austen -- Lady Susan
- Though I never saw Narmonee in battle I will, from what I then observed, stake my life upon his courage and fortitude.Herman Melville -- Typee
- He bore with fortitude her Wait Till I Get You Home...Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- This story is shared with the reader by a survivor, a man of extreme courage and fortitude.Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It
- We will have the Gifts of the Holy Ghost: Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, the Fear of the Lord.Frank McCourt -- Angela's Ashes
- "Then again," my mom said as the waiter left, "I doubt your father picked Heidi for her fortitude."Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride
- ...The king-becoming graces,
As justice, verity, temperance, stableness,
Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,
Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,William Shakespeare -- Macbeth - Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,
When I have deck'd the sea with drops full salt,William Shakespeare -- The Tempest - Our leaders are selected by their peers for their impeccable character, moral fortitude, and leadership skills.Veronica Roth -- Divergent
- To prove I still had the fortitude to perform?Randy Pausch -- The Last Lecture
- Knowing this gave me a sense of calm, of control, as well as the fortitude I needed to go downstairs to dinner and whatever else was waiting for me.Sarah Dessen -- Lock and Key
- He admired the oxen persistence with which the last soldier in the column of thirty-nine marched, thinking that the boy represented so much good—fortitude, discipline, loyalty, self-control, courage, toughness.Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
- They designed merely to put his physical fortitude to the severest proofs it could endure, short of that extremity.James Fenimore Cooper -- The Deerslayer
- Like so many cold, weak people, when faced at last by the incontrovertible disaster she exhumed from somewhere a sort of fortitude, strength.William Faulkner -- The Sound and the Fury
- Next followed the thought that much of the future peace of mind enjoyable by the dear ones, depended on his quiet fortitude.Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
- As his body was unprotected, his sufferings must have been great; but his fortitude was superior to all.James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pioneers
- "I'm quite impressed with your fortitude.James A. Owen -- Here, There be Dragons
fortitude = strength of mind (that enables one to endure adversity)
fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
fortitude = strength that enables one to endure adversity with courage
fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage