“Perseverance, the unwavering resolve that fuels our journey. It is the echo of our footsteps on the path of purpose, never ceasing,… — Kevin L. Michel Copy Share Image
Unless man has the wit and the grit to build his civilization on something better than material power, it is surely idle… — Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr Copy Share Image
I now have Grit Scale scores from thousands of American adults. My data provide a snapshot of grit across adulthood. And I've… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“This, I now know, is how people go crazy and do things they regret. Look at the woman who almost killed Al… — Tayari Jones 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
On 'City Music', I wanted there to be grit, and I wanted it to be loose, and I wanted there to be… — Kevin Morby Copy Share Image
“You cannot talk about grit. You have to embody it. You cannot talk about faith. You have to live it. You cannot… — Dragos Bratasanu Copy Share Image
That's when you've got to grit your teeth and hang in there and try and find a way to win when you're… — Lleyton Hewitt 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
“That was undeniable. But what was also undeniable on this pressure-filled afternoon was Nishikori’s poise and grit.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Too often, opinion is a lens polished by the grit of bias. And as I stare through my own lens, I might… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I read the newspapers with lively interest. It is seldom that they are absolutely, point-blank wrong. That is the popular belief, but… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
Feasting is also closely related to memory. We eat certain things in a particular way in order to remember who we are.… — Jeff Smith 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 how… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
Our great country was founded on hard work and competition. That sense of grit is the main principle in our free-market economy… — Tommy Tuberville Copy Share Image
“There's a fine line between heroic persistence and foolish stubbornness. Sometimes the best kind of grit is gritting our teeth and turning… — Adam Grant 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
'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
I would be surprised if my girls ended up as women without grit. I really would. — Angela Duckworth 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
When someone's been gone a long time, at first you save up all the things you want to tell them. You try… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
If you are walking through the hood and you notice the cracks in the sidewalk where all the weeds, pebbles, dirt and… — Stephen Jackson Copy Share Image
You have to have a certain amount of grit in your sound, and having real synths and talking certain elements outside your… — Deadmau5 Copy Share Image
In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth. But it is… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
