Toughen Quotes

I thought she`d offer me some sympathy. Instead, she said, `Don`t you ever call me crying again! You wanted to be in this business, so you better toughen up!` And I did. - to Redbook magazine August 1999, on the lesson in tough love she got from her mother.

Encourage your kids` artistic side. Toughen up everything else.

That strong mother doesn`t tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in.

It feels like I keep getting something. Throughout my career, I never really got hurt. All of a sudden, maybe it`s telling me I have to put on weight and toughen it up.

I think too many Democrats are too wimpy. But I think they`re beginning to toughen up.

The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.

But I didn`t think it was very useful. So I figured we needed to toughen it up and actually put some meat into the class.

It certainly was tough playing two games in one day because it`s not something you can prepare for. It was nice to see the girls respond like they did. When we lost Marianne there were some tears, but then there was a sense that we would toughen up. That`s exactly what they did.