“Ronald Reagan was one of our great foreign policy Presidents. He did not come from the Senate. He did not come from the foreign policy world. He was a governor, but his resolve, his clarity of purpose, his intelligence, his capacity to deal with complex issues and solve tough problems served him extremely well, and if I were elected President, I hope I could rely upon those same qualities.” IfsWorldWellsProblemPurposePresidentDealsQualityIssuesPolicyToughCapacityComplexesSolveClarityRelyResolveSenateForeign PolicyGovernorsRely UponClarity Of PurposeTough Problems Author:Mitt Romney
“One of the great changes wrought by the increased public awareness of Alzheimers - and thank you, Nancy Reagan, you wonderful tough old dame, you - is that people in the early stages of the disease are now speaking out while they still have the capacity to do so.” PeopleStillsWonderfulStageAwarenessDiseaseToughCapacityNancyAlzheimerSpeaking OutDamesGreat Change Author:Charlie Pierce
“Leadership is tested not by one's capacity to survive politically but by the ability to make tough decisions in trying times.” TryingLeadershipAbilityDecisionToughCapacityTestedTough DecisionsTrying Times Author:Ehud Olmert
“Everybody thinks it's glamorous and this spy versus spy stuff is so exciting, but working in that industry and being a CIA operative, like a field officer, is tough. That's a difficult job that usually dismantles their lives in some capacity.” ThinkingJobsStuffDifficultFieldsIndustryToughCapacityExcitingOfficersVersusSpyCiaGlamorous Author:Ryan Reynolds
“It's a world creation show [Shadowhunters], so we've gotta work hard in the physical production capacity with the visual effects, the sets and everything. It's not just the real world with two people chatting in a diner. That's tough on a television budget.” PeopleWorldTwoRealHardShowsEffectsCreationTelevisionHard WorkToughCapacityProductionsBudgetsVisualsReal WorldShadowhuntersDinersChattingVisual Effects Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“We have an incredible capacity for the worst possible evil, all of us, it was that we also have this incredible capacity for good. And that is why we are all of us appalled when something bad happens. Because if the bad was the norm, we would just shrug our shoulders and say "well tough luck, this is how the cookie crumbles" kind of thing but none of us does that.” IfsWellsKindDoeHappensEvilWorstToughCapacityLuckIncrediblesShouldersNormCookies Author:Desmond Tutu
“As crude a weapon as the cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life - a fabric on the one hand delicate and destructible, on the other miraculously tough and resilient, and capable of striking back in unexpected ways. These extraordinary capacities of life have been ignored by the practitioners of chemical control who have brought to their task no "high-minded orientation," no humility before the vast forces with which they tamper.” MenWayHas BeensHandsForceHumilityWeaponsCapableToughCapacityTasksExtraordinaryClubsUnexpectedChemicalsDelicateFabricIgnoredCavesOrientationCrudeResilientSilent SpringFabric Of LifeDelicate Life Author:Rachel Carson
“I think when you start to do well and get your confidence back, everything becomes more fun. When you're playing with not your full capacity of confidence, I think things get a little tough. I knew I could be doing better than what I was doing. Even though I was ranked 5 or 4 or whatever it was, I wanted to get back to the level I thought I could play at.” ThinkingWellsLittlesPlayWantedFunLevelsToughCapacityTennisGet BackMotivational Tennis Author:Lindsay Davenport
“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; that hardy spirits and tough minds usually inhabit sound gods.” KnowsMindImportantBodySpiritStrongSportsSoundCreativeKeysHealthyActivitySkillsIntellectualUnderstoodToughCapacityFunctionBasesComplexesGreekSubtleHockeyHardyHealthy BodyPhysical FitnessSoundness Author:John F. Kennedy