Tough Quotes

I think the energy I give off is quite non-confrontational. That’s something you learn from karate. Once you try to be a tough guy, you’ve got to pay up. You’ve got to prove yourself. And that’s exhausting.

I welcome criticism. I come from a – I wouldn’t say mean, but you’ve got to have tough skin to be in my family.

It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.

The toughest decision I ever made was staying alive when life was unbearable.

I was a very defensive kid ’cause I was really sensitive underneath and didn’t want people to know. So I came off as very tough and very angry.

Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle.

I love kids, but they are a tough audience.

Every relationship has tough days. Don’t let the grudge last. Be the first to try to make things right and stop waiting for an apology.

You can’t get tired in the studio. It’s really tough. But you just gotta keep on going.