Quote by Angela Duckworth Download Open image ““To be gritty is to resist complacency.”” — Angela Duckworth ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“following through on our commitments while we grow up both requires grit and, at the same time, builds it.” — Angela Duckworth 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 plateaus in… — Charles Duhigg 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
“To be gritty is to keep putting one foot in front of the other. To be gritty is to hold fast to an interesting… — Angela Duckworth 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 talk about… — Dragos Bratasanu Copy Share Image
Being gritty doesn't mean not showing pain or pretending everything is O.K. In fact, when you look at healthy and successful and giving people,… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“According to Dr. Angela Duckworth, grit is passion and perseverance toward long-term goals. [...] Grit is sticking to one thing for years or even decades.” — Benjamin P. Hardy Copy Share Image
“If the world is your oyster, why are some people so full of grit?” — Stacy S. Avary Copy Share Image
“a passionate commitment to a single mission and an unswerving dedication to achieve that mission. She decided she needed to name this quality, and… — Paul Tough 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
Grit and self-control are related, but they're not the same thing. — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“you can, in fact, modify your self-talk, and you can learn to not let it interfere with you moving toward your goals. With practice… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
One thing that's true of gritty people is they love what they do, and they keep loving what they do. So they're not just… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“Nobody wants to show you the hours and hours of becoming. They’d rather show the highlight of what they’ve become.” — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my genes because I can't do anything about them. — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“My longitudinal studies show these three virtue clusters predict different outcomes. For academic achievement, including stellar report card grades, the cluster containing grit is… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“For many of us, the companies we work for are an important cultural force in our lives. For instance, growing up, my dad liked… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“trying to do things they can't yet do, failing, and learning what they need to do differently is exactly the way that experts practice.” — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
Negative feelings are typical of learning, and you shouldn't feel like you're stupid when you're frustrated doing something. You might say to yourself, 'I… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
I was a good novice teacher, but I did the things that were obvious. I stayed for lunch for extra tutoring, gave kids my… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“The separation of talent and skill,” Will Smith points out, “is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel,… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
