There is a natural firmness in some minds, which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound, a sentence or a happening that does… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
“What allows genius to flower is not neurosis but its opposite... ordinary Sunday-school virtues such as tenacity and above all the ability… — Joan Acocella Copy Share Image
Jazz is improvisation and syncopation, with resilience and flow, with earthy elegance, nuance and subtlety, with the integrity of individual expression within… — Greg Thomas Copy Share Image
My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
I can't tell you the number of times I was one of the first people at the arenas or at TV, constantly… — Michelle McCool Copy Share Image
I run skills-building programs focused on healthy risk taking, failure resilience, and self-care for undergraduates around the country. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength… — Brad Henry Copy Share Image
“Suppose... that you acquit me... Suppose that, in view of this, you said to me 'Socrates, on this occasion we shall disregard… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Grit doesn’t happen when things are good. Grit happens when we’re tested. When Elvis is dead, and things are bleak at best,… — Jolie Sikes Copy Share Image
I think professionally I admire people and the way they've handled their careers and being in the media. But the people that… — Anna Silk Copy Share Image
“They tricked me in school and marketing only made it worse. Happiness, love, wellness, success are not children of luck, things to… — Gi Young Copy Share Image
Our biggest challenges for the ocean and for the planet are problems of perception. People need to understand that species extinctions, habitat… — Edith Widder Copy Share Image
Well, as you know, we're working through a difficult period in our financial markets right now as we work off some of… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
We offer such false hopes to people that every medical problem can be fixed even when you're starting to deal with an… — Katy Butler Copy Share Image
“We may feel the world is slipping out of our hands and recognize that the core of our conceived blueprint is escaping… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“UNDAUNTED PURSUIT Success, however measured, is the seat of a stool with three legs of determination, focus and resilience” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
“Mindset & context are the 2 main ingredients entrepreneurs and leaders must use for creating sustainable real success” — Tony Dovale Copy Share Image
I always say African American history is the quintessential American story. It's about perseverance and resilience - something everyone can relate to. — Philip Freelon Copy Share Image
“The tools of his trade included faith, perseverance, resilience, and the ability to learn—to change and to grow. But his greatest tool… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
You have your best workouts when you go in thinking you don't want to do it, because you're so satisfied with your… — Tessa Virtue Copy Share Image
Our soldiers in Siachen are performing their duty with great courage and fortitude, even in extreme conditions and treacherous terrain. — Rajnath Singh 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
Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur… — Eric Sevareid Copy Share Image
In many complex systems, efficiency, redundancy, and resiliency pull in different directions: More efficient systems, which are cheaper, eliminate redundancies, which provide… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
“This process of applying stress to increase resilience was named antifragility by author and risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb.” — Gene Kim Copy Share Image
“Try. Fail. Fall. Get up. Fail again. Learn something. Get up again. Try again. Fail again. Learn more. Get back up Again… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
Anyone who has lived in an area with high unemployment knows how it erodes social bonds, lowers the resilience of the unemployed… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
“In the path of compassion our patience, resilience and endurance are often challenged. Sometimes we may fail but we have to stand… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“A universal vision and a joint interest are steppingstones for full-blown empathy, and explicitly through empathy, we seize the pulsating assets of… — Erik Pevernagie 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
With support from techies, designers, artists and thousands of activists across the country, Black Lives Matter is now an online-to-offline political movement,… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Someone was hurt before you, wronged before you, hungry before you, frightened before you, beaten before you, humiliated before you, raped before… — Maya Angelou 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
“Cultivation of positive emotions, including self-love and self-respect, strengthens our inner resources and opens us to a broader range of thoughts and… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“It's crazy, how similar we are. Here's both of us, working through our stuff, trying to make something positive out of something… — Jenny Han 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
The future of Cuba is one earned by a country that has resisted for over 50 years against the most powerful empire… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
“Fully commit to being a person of formidable intelligence and tenacity and a champion focused on every aspect of your own life.” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
