I would be surprised if my girls ended up as women without grit. I really would. — Angela Duckworth 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
“The only way I knew how to live the best day ever was on an expedition.” — Hendri Coetzee Copy Share Image
I like Shah Rukh for his wit, intelligence, grit and determination, and Akshay for the way he interacts with people. — Lara Dutta Copy Share Image
In 1958, Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley broke countless hearts when he moved the team known as the Boys of Summer to… — Ed Henry Copy Share Image
“Grit depends on a different kind of hope. It rests on the expectation that our own efforts can improve our future. "I… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
We build a shell around it, like an oyster dealing with a painful particle of grit, coating it with smooth pearl layers… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Touring itself - and I was very young, and a lot of it I did by myself - it's lonely, but it… — Julie Andrews 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
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
I think the thing that makes Indiana basketball special is that they have incredible teams, both college teams and pro teams, and… — Andy Mineo 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 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
In every sport there comes a moment when a spell of bitter weeping seems like a fair recess from whatever tough work… — Susan Casey 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
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
“In plain words, you’ve got to make up your mind to study whatever you undertake, and concentrate your mind on it, and… — Eugene O'Neill Copy Share Image
It is the manner of (Cadel) Evan's triumph that has particularly endeared him to his countrymen and women... Australians place a premium… — Paul Ramadge 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
“We are losing the art of intensity. We are losing the beauty of the struggle.” — Lokesh Tuli 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
Documentaries require an enormous amount of grit and empathy - and that is something women are incredibly strong at. — Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Copy Share Image
As important as hustle is, grit and resilience are equally as important because there's a lot of rejection in our business. — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
'True Grit' is one of the few books my sons let me read to them - and paid attention to - when… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
“Long past the moment when her neck begins to stiffen and ache, she continues to stare into the darkness, even though none… — Larry Watson 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
Childhood doesn't have to be perfect, and children don't have to be beautiful. From a bit of grit may grow a pearl,… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
Obviously as I'm getting older, I'm seeing changes in my body that I may not like... but I do love food, and… — Erin Andrews Copy Share Image
I did not raise my son, Sam, to celebrate Mother's Day. I didn't want him to feel some obligation to buy me… — Anne Lamott 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
All Southern cooks have tried their hands at shrimp and grits, and each one has his or her own version of the… — Gina Neely Copy Share Image
The Center for Public Integrity is the real thing. A group of dedicated people who remember that great journalism is about grit… — Diane Sawyer 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
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
“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
Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the… — Harvey Weinstein Copy Share Image
There haven't been genetic studies on grit, but we often think that challenge is inherited but grit is learned. That's not what… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“Wigmore turned towards the window. A column of armoured vehicles was making its way down the Mall towards Buckingham Palace. As he… — Mark Ellis 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
“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
