The biggest chance you can take in life is by not taking any chances at all. It's important, but music is my… — E-40 Copy Share Image
Success comes to the man who grits his teeth, squares his jaw and says, "There is a way for me and, by… — Cliff Sloan Copy Share Image
“It's not about grades, or saaviness, or sex appeal. It's all about grit. The strength of your character is the strength of… — Jennifer Coletta 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
We girls aren't supposed to fall for the good boys.We are supposed to like a bit of grit in our oyster.That's how… — James Lovegrove Copy Share Image
“Grit drives people to succeed, especially when they face daunting and prolonged challenges—a hallmark of every scaling effort. (Scaling Up Excellence)” — Robert Sutton Copy Share Image
“I love your sense of humor and the fact you never ate grits before. There’s so much I love about you that… — J. Lynn Copy Share Image
The work of Jana Harris is unique in American writing. She has always had a voice of true grit—sometimes harsh, sometimes funny,… — Alicia Ostriker Copy Share Image
“Life is messy. Grit and grace come at us fast, side by side. Sometimes the grit becomes overwhelming and diminishes our spirit.… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
Lightweight and slim, immersion blenders can appear to have all the grit of a Bichon Frise, but the reality is that they're… — Sohla El-Waylly Copy Share Image
Well, when you think of Dale Earnhardt, you think of determination. You think of grit. Just a blue-collar, working-class guy that got… — Michael Waltrip Copy Share Image
If you think about how broadcast mini-series approach historical events, there is a hagiography. There has been a soft, very glossy idea… — John Landgraf Copy Share Image
This is your heritage,' he said, as if from this dance we could know about his own childhood, about the flavor and… — Justin Torres 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
Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political parties are its opposite halves - sometimes… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When you are rowing well and hard, the rhythm of the stroke takes over. It drives your days and restores your nights.… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
Grit, determination, the right amount of crazy, self belief - everything it takes to be a champion. I have that. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I remind myself that no one day of writing matters all that much. A story is built somewhat like a stalactite -… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to grit your teeth and remain tenacious and just believe the end will come. Other times it's not an… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
We made 'Wretched and Divine,' and as much as I love it, it's a pretty sparkly record - it's a record that… — Andy Biersack 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
It was 1988, I believe, that I met Grit. We were both appearing in a Canadian Folk Festival and as we sat… — Tom Chapin 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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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
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
One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get… — Alice Walker 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… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
What matters most in a child’s development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the… — Paul Tough 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
We have found a direct correlation between grit and positive emotions, but the fact that I have no evidence that grit is… — Angela Duckworth 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
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
