Rugged Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

It is in rugged crises, in unbearable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of the question, that the angel is shown. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Alas! this is not what I thought life was.
I knew that there were crimes and evil men,
Misery and hate; nor did I hope to pass
Untouched by suffering, through the rugged glen.
In mine own heart I saw as in a glass
The hearts of others ... And when
I went among my kind, with triple brass
Of calm endurance my weak breast I armed,
To bear scorn, fear, and hate, a woeful mass! — Percy Bysshe Shelley

No institution can become the cradle of leadership, until its teachers break their manacles of rugged dogmas. — Abhijit Naskar

The paths to mountain peaks are ever rugged, but men reach the summits. — Percy James Brebner

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things
some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor
who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom. — Barack Obama