“Interest is one source of passion. Purpose—the intention to contribute to the well-being of others—is another. The mature passions of gritty people… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“what we accomplish in the marathon of life depends tremendously on our grit—our passion and perseverance for long-term goals.” — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“What ripens passion is the conviction that your work matters. For most people, interest without purpose is nearly impossible to sustain for… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“Passion for your work is a little bit of discovery, followed by a lot of development, and then a lifetime of deepening.” — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
If you are a young person who is wanting to develop a passion, you cannot expect anyone else to tell you what… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
It is important to realize that the process of 'fostering' a passion takes trial and error. It takes experience; you cannot do… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
Is it 'a drag' that passions don't come to us all at once, as epiphanies, without the need to actively develop them?… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
What we reliably find is that people's perseverance scores are actually higher than their passion scores, and I think it really does… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
I didn't tell my kids, 'You have to play viola, and you have to play piano.' They chose these things on their… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
When people think of the word 'drive,' they often think you have it or you don't, and that's where we're wrong. Drive… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“Encouragement during the early years is crucial because beginners are still figuring out whether they want to commit or cut bait. Accordingly,… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“Two indicators could easily be rephrased as passion items for the Grit Scale. Degree to which he works with distant objects in… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“you can, in fact, modify your self-talk, and you can learn to not let it interfere with you moving toward your goals. With practice… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
One thing that's true of gritty people is they love what they do, and they keep loving what they do. So they're not just… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
“Nobody wants to show you the hours and hours of becoming. They’d rather show the highlight of what they’ve become.” — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my genes because I can't do anything about them. — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
“My longitudinal studies show these three virtue clusters predict different outcomes. For academic achievement, including stellar report card grades, the cluster containing grit is… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
“For many of us, the companies we work for are an important cultural force in our lives. For instance, growing up, my dad liked… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
“trying to do things they can't yet do, failing, and learning what they need to do differently is exactly the way that experts practice.” — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
Negative feelings are typical of learning, and you shouldn't feel like you're stupid when you're frustrated doing something. You might say to yourself, 'I… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
I was a good novice teacher, but I did the things that were obvious. I stayed for lunch for extra tutoring, gave kids my… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
“The separation of talent and skill,” Will Smith points out, “is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel,… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
What we reliably find is that people's perseverance scores are actually higher than their passion scores, and I think it really does get to… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let's get to work on them. — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
“With everything perfect,” Nietzsche wrote, “we do not ask how it came to be.” Instead, “we rejoice in the present fact as though it… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share
