Backbone Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old backbone quotes, backbone sayings, and backbone proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Put your backbone where your wishbone is. Vikram Seth
The wishbone will never replace the backbone. Will Henry
Have the backbone to go after what you want in life. It's too easy to settle. Ziad K. Abdelnour
A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone - even when the crowd wants to take the easy road home. A true leader cannot be dependent on companionship for his or her security, but must learn to trust in God alone. Leslie Ludy
We need some clergy with some backbone, who don't mind making uncomfortable at times those who are very comfortable, and challenging them at the core of their faith, at least causing them to pause and to have dialogue and to be open for further discussion. Tim McDonald
Get a backbone, not a wishbone. Caroline Myss
Toughness is not being a bully, it's having a backbone. Robert Kiyosaki
Mutual understanding is the main backbone of every happy relationship. Edmond Mbiaka
A garden scheme should have a backbone - a central idea beautifully phrased. Edwin Lutyens
Many a man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been. Ronald Reagan
The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence. Mia Hamm
We're always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it. Adam McKay
The backbone of any improvement of governance, its development as well as its protection from any form of wastage or excessiveness, is a mechanism to place laws under the microscope of revision and modernization until they resonate in tune with the methodological development and new administrative technologies. Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Ceremony is all backbone. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
My Christian faith is my backbone. Bear Grylls
A vocation is the backbone of life. Friedrich Nietzsche
Self-possession is the backbone of authority. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Good ideas are the backbone of good government. Brian Schweitzer
Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. Ellen Tauscher
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy. Carl von Clausewitz
A well-educated populace is the backbone of our middle-class. Mark Pocan
Company culture is the backbone of any successful organization. Gary Vaynerchuk
Demonisation is the ideological backbone of an unequal society. Owen Jones
Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities. Tom Allen
Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character. Confucius
Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose. Warren Buffett
The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives. W. G. Sebald
Volunteers are the backbone, heart, and soul of the restoration movement. And whatever the eventual results of their labors may be, working to revive damaged ecosystems is transforming and strengthening their relationship with the rest of nature. William K. Stevens