I kept going. The decisions I've had to make, the setbacks, the feeling of having my back against the wall, I was… — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
“At my old school I was vice president of this club called GRIT,” Lucy tells us. “It stood for Girls Respecting and… — Jennifer Mathieu Copy Share Image
I want you to think about your grandfather's integrity and grit when you're staring at the ceiling of your barracks room, but… — David Robinson Copy Share Image
Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Developing a resiliency, a grit, a level of poise, a composure, a level of perspective, confidence, courage, compassion. These are all things… — Aaron Gordon Copy Share Image
First, a gorgeous breakfast: just everything you can imagine from flapjacks and fried squirrel to hominy grits and honey in the comb...we're… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
A good title holds magic, some cognitive dissonance, a little grit between the teeth, but above all it is the jumping-off place… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“In very gritty people, most mid-level and low-level goals are, in some way or another, related to that ultimate goal. In contrast,… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
“As a psychologist, I can confirm that grit is far from the only—or even the most important—aspect of a person’s character. In… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
We have found a direct correlation between grit and positive emotions, but the fact that I have no evidence that grit is… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
Even if you've sworn to yourself never to read vampire fiction again, do yourself the favor of reading Motherless Child. Glen Hirshberg… — Christopher Golden Copy Share Image
What matters most in a child’s development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the… — Paul Tough Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry -- if they want to be successful, they need to learn… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
When you are rowing well and hard, the rhythm of the stroke takes over. It drives your days and restores your nights.… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
I mean I know it's cold out here and not everybody has a sleeping bag. But when you grit your teeth and… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“When humans say that someone "is full of grit", they mean full of courage. Before long the sisters were to prove that… — Dick King-Smith Copy Share Image
Having a Christian worldview means being utterly convinced that biblical principles are not only true but also work better in the grit… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“trying to do things they can't yet do, failing, and learning what they need to do differently is exactly the way that… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
I loved baseball. I was a pitcher. I loved being on the mound because I also loved being at the center of… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
“On writers' workshops: "It is the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster's shell that makes the pearl, not pearl-making seminars… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
In its rather clinical view of death, 'True Grit' rivals the hardboiled world of 'Red Harvest'-era Dashiell Hammett and prefigures Cormac McCarthy… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
'The Iliad' includes some snappy sports reporting, and writers ever since have been probing athletes for signifiers, for metaphor amped by grit… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
We can find a great sector or business, but we're investing so early that unless there's this tenacious grit, determination, resourcefulness, ability… — Dan Levitan Copy Share Image
“Grit, which they defined as the tendency to work strenuously toward challenges, maintaining effort and interest over years despite failure, adversity, and… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
The way that I've been raised and the things I've had to do has given me grit that is unmatchable unless you… — Lacey Evans Copy Share Image
Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit. — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
On long car rides, we would always listen to the 'Blues Brothers' soundtrack and try to emulate everything that Aretha Franklin was… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
Grit is sticking with your future day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but for… — Suman Rai Copy Share Image
In 'True Grit,' we had a vulture, a trained vulture... that was a pain and that was - even by vulture standards… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
Londoners are really good at dealing with any crap that's thrown at them. We hunker down, we grit our teeth and we… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
“The attempt to prevent our kids from struggling for fear it might scar their permanent records is, instead, scarring them for life.” — Heather Choate Davis Copy Share Image
If you represent your country and millions of people are watching, it comes through a lot of grit and hard work. — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
The idiot who invented instant grits also thought of frozen fried chicken, and they ought to lock him up before he tries… — Lewis Grizzard Copy Share Image
We loved the language in Cormac McCarthy's 'No Country,' which is really about the region, while in 'True Grit' it's more about… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #31: Grits can admit their mistakes--and we all make some bad ones--but we never accept defeat. ” — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
