Or possibly fortitude is primarily shaped by genetics, rather than early environment, but that is even less plausible as grounds for just deserts.
We endured everything that total war threw at us with fortitude, unwavering resolve to see it through and cheerful good humour.
From a young age, boys were encouraged to cultivate the virtues of the warrior ethic, including stoicism, valour, and fortitude.
But why does one person have the fortitude to triumph over bad conditions and the other does not?
We can imagine that a person might have the psychic fortitude to resist this kind of pressure.
We must decide, one by one, whether we want to join the cavalcade of drug-companydependent doctors or whether we have the fortitude to opt out.
This is a fact, not an indicator of anything extraordinary by way of fortitude.
Very few would have the fortitude to remain seated while the leading names were called.
