Best Grit Sayings

107 Grit quotes by 95 unique authors

I like the man who takes the stones Upon his rocky road With smiling lips instead of groans, Whate'er his heavy load Who seizes each… — John Kendrick Bangs
One didn't issue instructions to comets. Grown children did what they had to do, and parents could only grit their teeth and watch and pray… — Lisa Alther
We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt 'possum, go to… — John Shelton Reed
Some people, you have to grit your teeth in order to stay in the same room as them, but you get on and ask the… — Morley Safer
There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire. — Moss Hart
Obviously as I'm getting older, I'm seeing changes in my body that I may not like... but I do love food, and I'm from the… — Erin Andrews
Stone-ground grits are wonderful, but because they take so long to cook, I usually go with quick cooking grits - which I also love. But… — Paula Deen
It's hard to look pleasant when anguish is present, and yet it is strictly worth while; Not all of your scowling and fussing and growling… — Walter Mason Camp
If I don't love you, baby, grits ain't groceries. — Little Milton
When you get into fashion, when you're not yet working in fashion, you have this idea about what the fashion world is: that it's very… — Prabal Gurung
Will you keep going when you don't know why? When you can't get any answers that would make the pain go away, will you still… — John Ortberg
New York, it's people. It's grit. It's diversity of people. It's diversity of industry. In L.A. everyone's looking over their shoulder because one of the… — Willie Geist
We all have personalities, but in football a lot of times you don't talk about that because you want to focus more on the grit… — Dhani Jones
Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit. — Wade Davis
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
I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family values they have. — Ernie Harwell
I did not raise my son, Sam, to celebrate Mother's Day. I didn't want him to feel some obligation to buy me pricey lunches or… — Anne Lamott
I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that… — Daniel Day-Lewis
Winter in the country is very white. There is black grit on all the shoulders of the roads and on the big mounds from the… — Susan Orlean
Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make… — Harvey Weinstein
It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. — Jessamyn West
But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross,… — Hunter S. Thompson
Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He try to make you think… — Alice Walker
when the sky is as grey as this - impeccably grey, a denial, really of the very concept of colour - and the stooped millions… — Martin Amis
I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The novelist who refuses… — Jim Harrison

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