Tough
Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews.
Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
Severe; violent; as, a tough storm.
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Tough Quotations
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.
Ronald Reagan
I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.
Walt Disney
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.
John Wayne
Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.
Barack Obama
In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.
Barack Obama
Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared.
Barack Obama
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
Zig Ziglar
Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?
Gregory Peck
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
Robert H. Schuller
Tough Translations
tough in Italian is ostinato
tough in Latin is durus, lentus
tough in Spanish is robusto, contumaz, pendenciero
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