Grit Quotes

107 quotes by 96 authors

Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man. — Jeff Bridges
You just have to stand and grit your teeth and know your poll numbers are going to go down - and mine have - but… — Chris Christie
In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth. — Yasser Arafat
No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage, determination, resolution. Every… — B. C. Forbes
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 not playing your… — Lleyton Hewitt
It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry. If they want to be successful, they need to learn how to persist and… — Jonah Lehrer
No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage, determination, resolution. — B. C. Forbes
The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and never notice, you… — Georges Bernanos
True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. — John Wayne
We can endure much more than we think we can; all human experience testifies to that. All we need to do is learn not to… — Harold S. Kushner
The Center for Public Integrity is the real thing. A group of dedicated people who remember that great journalism is about grit and guts and… — Diane Sawyer
You think intelligence and grit can succeed by themselves, but I'm telling you that's a pretty illusion. — Nancy Kress
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 how Southern I… — Michael C. Hall
The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else — Brian May
The work of Jana Harris is unique in American writing. She has always had a voice of true gritâ€”sometimes harsh, sometimes funny, always close to… — Alicia Ostriker
Can you rework your past, the grit that rubs in you, until it is shiny and smooth as a pearl? — Anna Funder
In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth. But it is forbidden that this… — Yasser Arafat
Man, I've been to jail. It was hell in there, but I survived, If they put me back, I'll come out again. I'm one of… — Don King
I'm learning to say 'y'all' and I like grits. Strange things are happening to me. — Mitt Romney
Let's see, for breakfast Rickey will have bacon and eggs, and grits if I can get 'em. — Rickey Henderson

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