Sample sentences for FORTITUDE

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strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

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

fortitude = strength of mind (that enables one to endure adversity)

This story is shared with the reader by a survivor, a man of extreme courage and fortitude.
Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It

fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity

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

fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

"Then again," my mom said as the waiter left, "I doubt your father picked Heidi for her fortitude."
Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride

fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

...The king-becoming graces,
As justice, verity, temperance, stableness,
Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,
Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,
William Shakespeare -- Macbeth

fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

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

fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

Our leaders are selected by their peers for their impeccable character, moral fortitude, and leadership skills.
Veronica Roth -- Divergent

fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

To prove I still had the fortitude to perform?
Randy Pausch -- The Last Lecture

fortitude = strength that enables one to endure adversity with courage

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

fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

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

fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

They designed merely to put his physical fortitude to the severest proofs it could endure, short of that extremity.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Deerslayer
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
Judges need great fortitude.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2

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