Tough don’t act tough

Weak don’t act tough

Those in-between act tough.

 

Acting tough does make BEING TOUGH a little bit easier. But it’s obviously not being tough.

 

Acting tough is an act before oneself as much as it is before the world.

The actor does wish to BE tough.

The wish is the beginning of becoming.

 

True toughness doesn’t care about status, which it has transcended.

Desire to look tough betrays pettiness and weakness.

The tough don’t signal.

 

Act tough if you can’t be tough

Be tough when you can be tough

Don’t act tough if you are tough

Tough obviously don’t care