toughness

He spends the rest of his piece outlining what he calls the toughness gap, but what he has illustrated is in fact a decency gap.

Mail Call: Debating The Merits Of George W. Bush 2008

Close with it, wrestle it: sheer obstinate toughness of muscle; but much more, what we call toughness of heart, which will mean persistance hopeful and even desperate, unsubduable patience, composed candid openness, clearness of mind: all this shall be 'strength' in wrestling your dragon; the whole man's real strength is in this work, we shall get the measure of him here.

Past and Present Thomas Carlyle 1838

Close with it, wrestle it: sheer obstinate toughness of muscle; but much more, what we call toughness of heart, which will mean persistence hopeful and even desperate, unsubduable patience, composed candid openness, clearness of mind: all this shall be

Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. Thomas Carlyle 1838

That kind of toughness is a big reason they lead the NHL with 33 points.

USATODAY.com 2008

There was always a certain toughness about him, a stony aloofness, a quality Uncle Merlin likes to call “flintiness.”

Lance Mannion: 2009

Not only the way he played through the physical pain, but to have that mental toughness is completely admirable.

Cardinals' Freese on hot seat at hot corner 2010

But as long as hard hits are part of the fabric of the game, a mark by which players 'toughness is measured, one rule change will not be enough.

More to be done Dr. Matthew Prowler 2010

But the people of Michigan are tough, too, and this toughness is reflected on the football field by the Lions.

Political Football: Ghost of Lions games past Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm 2010

There was always a certain toughness about him, a stony aloofness, a quality Uncle Merlin likes to call “flintiness.”

The passing of a flinty Canadian scientist 2009

Clinton's so called toughness is divisive unless you are in her camp.

Easley on Clinton: She makes Rocky look like a 'pansy' 2008