Sentences with phrase «lack fortitude»

OREA and CREA could earn their keep by initiating that but they lack the fortitude and do not want to even smell like they are about to run afoul of the CB.

People CAN meet Him, but lack the fortitude to follow Him all their lives.

Not exact matches

Many investors lacked Warren's unparalleled fortitude and bailed out of the markets when the pain became too severe.

I have no idea if that particular client cashed out and left the firm (subsequent history would indicate it would have been an expensive mistake had he done so) but some people, for whatever reason, lack the willpower or fortitude to think long - term and behave intelligently.

I don't agree with pundits who think that retail investors uniformly lack the sophistication or the fortitude to invest in private equity.

A first teenage decision to try drink is almost always due to a lack of independence or character (much more so in the case of drugs); and hence it shows a lack of fortitude.

(I have since learned that evangelicals harbor a corresponding theory about liberals: liberals lack the moral fortitude to confront the truth and live by it.)

And therefore a lack of self - dominion, of the virtue of fortitude.

I lack the necessary fortitude to do that, but still, I would like to draw your attention this morning to the Book of Jonah.

Lack of focus, mental fortitude, discipline and leadership.

The only reason the UFC created this meaningless interim title is because they lacked the testicular fortitude tell Conor McGregor to fuck off and call them when he could fit «fighting for the UFC lightweight title» into his busy schedule.

This team truth be told just doesn't have the quality to be vying for the league or the CL and when the quality is lacking you usually turn to mental fortitude which is something we have even less of.

of we choke up again then I believe the repercussions will take more out of our campaign than just the 3 points at stake... a loss or even a draw will just go to show that we still lack that mental strength and fortitude to deal with pressure of been a champion...

Arsenal in too many matches are bullied off the park, due in my opinion to a lack of size, intestinal fortitude, mongrel and on field leadership.

The players are too blame as well from lack of hunger, discipline, focus, mental fortitude and leadership but too much of the same problems are recurring just listen to most of his interviews after losses to big teams.

Injuries has always played some part in our seasons imploding January / February every year... but more than the injury jinx the factor most responsible for that habitual and almost inevitable implosion is our lack of character, grit and mental fortitude to deal with pressure....

What Sydney lacked in pace, the team at least initially made up for in defensive fortitude, and the opening exchanges were tight before Michael Zullo pulled up with a hamstring problem in the 24th minute.

«We must be vigilant in watching out for the public school system, even if our own ER [East Ramapo] administration and board lack the moral fortitude to do so,»

Solution: If you lack the testicular fortitude to drink your coffee straight black, you know, how god intended, and you simply must «lighten'the taste — stick to skim or low - calorie milk.

Facing this lack and finding a way around, over or through it is its own act of personal fortitude and courage.

Take OTK boots; it took me until the year 2018 AD to finally give them a try — and that is only because I lack the internal fortitude to say «no» to a like - new pair of real leather, made in Spain boots for $ 17.

Because she's already been on the run since the last film, and because at the very beginning of this one she offers up a very funny everybody - stay - away - from - me - because - I'm - bad - news speech to her new school's homeroom class, she seems to know very well who she is and, more importantly, seems to lack not one ounce of determination or fortitude on her spooky mission into the most stylized depths of the pointless occult, only trading it in for helpless fear when the script arbitrarily decides she must.

The Common Core's flaws are due less to ideological agendas than to hubris and a lack of intestinal fortitude among proponents.

None of the characters are terribly likeable, but their interior conflicts make us feel for them, even as we narrow our eyes at their lack of fortitude.

A + Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot B Review: The World Between Two Covers by Ann Morgan B + Review: Patience and Fortitude by Scott Sherman A Review: Freedom of Speech by David K. Shipler A - Review: Data and Goliath by Bruce Schneier Books That Need More Attention Giveaway Hop

Bowey, who claims to lack the «patience and fortitude» to be a printmaker herself, produced the prints with the help of Maciej Urbanek, Photography Tutor at the RA Schools, and, as with all the RA Editions, proceeds from their sale will go to supporting the RA Schools.

From his special perch between the two nations, Orlov saw the whole show differently: as a warning that the USA would probably meet a similar fate, but that the outcome for us would probably be much worse due to our massive stranded assets (the whole kit of suburban sprawl), our degraded sense of public goods, our lost traditional craft skills, and our pathetic lack of mental fortitude.

Notably, the government and Revenue chase more lowly souls and the government has been much criticised for its lack of fortitude in taking on the multi-nationals.

The emphasis is mine, because Silverstein never backs up this statement or explains why he thinks law students who lack the mental fortitude to cope with Cs are nevertheless capable of becoming competent lawyers.

Lacking the intestinal fortitude to take that step with product X it just strikes me as quite odd that the supposed reasoned approach is to ban the use of product Y in public places.

Clearly our Senate members lack not only conviction but also testicular fortitude.

The period of unemployment is no time for a lack of intestinal fortitude.