“Before all the little mean things she told me gathered and gathered and lodged like grit in a skinned knee.” — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
That's a very nice compliment, for somebody to be described as having grit, having some gravel in the gut. — Jim Harbaugh Copy Share Image
“One of the keys to cultivating grit is making the task at hand more interesting and motivating.” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
I think my story relates. When I started out, all I had was my passion and grit. — Huda Kattan Copy Share Image
I would be surprised if my girls ended up as women without grit. I really would. — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like grits, but with high self-esteem. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
With wisdom and grit, my mom was able to lift me and my family to a higher rung on the economic ladder. — Wes Moore Copy Share Image
The perfect breakfast is fish with grits and scrambled eggs with onions. I'm getting hungry thinking about that. — Daymond John Copy Share Image
I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster. — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
“Without some optimal level of grit and persistence, few new businesses would ever have seen the light of day, and few New… — Gad Saad 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
Together we can build the Michigan we believe in, because we still have what we need most - the strength, the talent,… — Gretchen Whitmer Copy Share Image
So much of Reddit as a product was built on the shoulders of giants... We did some novel remixes of it but,… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Poetry needs to be alive, unabashedly, and, for me, that entails seeing its complexity, the grit and grimness and jubilance and beauty. — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
Leaving the military doesn't mean leaving our commitment to America behind. Those qualities - grit, honor and duty - stay with us,… — Brian Mast 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
Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom. Grittier soldiers are more likely… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, times were different. The way that we would deal with things is what I learned, and that's… — Cynthia Germanotta Copy Share Image
I got down to business and started writing furiously. I wore my fingers down to a callous state writing with every Tom,… — Gin Wigmore Copy Share Image
when the sky is as grey as this - impeccably grey, a denial, really of the very concept of colour - and… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Confronted with the unhappy facts of exclusion, we sometimes reassure ourselves by telling stories: the poor boys who made it, theblacks who… — Kenneth Keniston 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
“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
What is grit? Grit is refusing to give up. It's persistence. It's making your own luck. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
“To them I was first a Black, then a Black from another country, and then a person.” — Maria Nhambu Copy Share Image
That's all a grit is, a vehicle. For whatever it is you rather be eating. — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“You can shut out the memories and keep going, but you'll have to live with a heart that's healed wrong.” — Bethany Kaczmarek Copy Share Image
“With God, grit, and humility, I don’t just solve my problems, I create paths for others.” — Marion Bekoe 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 like to think I am well-mannered. If I have the option at a breakfast place, I'll go with the grits. That's… — Michael C. Hall 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
We all have personalities, but in football a lot of times you don't talk about that because you want to focus more… — Dhani Jones Copy Share Image
In 2016 I was fresh and raw and it was grit and determination which got me to the gold medal. Nobody really… — Kadeena Cox Copy Share Image
Winter in the country is very white. There is black grit on all the shoulders of the roads and on the big… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
It is, after all, the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster's shell that makes the pearl, not pearl-making seminars with… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I find 'True Grit' to be one of the very best American novels: It is a rousing adventure story and deeply perceptive… — George Pelecanos 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
