Gritting Quotes

13 quotes by 12 authors

What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potenial embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint. I was discovering that if it was… — Lance Armstrong
Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love. — Richard J. Foster
Patience is a mind that is able to accept fully and happily, whatever occurs. It is much more than just gritting our teeth and putting… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Mankind has invested more than four million years of evolution in the attempt to avoid physical exertion. Now a group of backward-thinking atavists mounted on… — P.J. O'Rourke
Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could indulge in a little immorality… — Mike Bickle
Mad is the man who is forever gritting his teeth against that granite block, complete and changeless, of the past. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
There's something about sober living and sober thinking, about facing long afternoons without the numbing distraction of anesthesia that disabuses you of the belief in… — Caroline Knapp
You can help each other, Max, said the unwelcome voice. You're perfect complements to each other. "Shut up!" I hissed under my breath, and Dylan… — James Patterson
I'm afraid that my wife picked up a number of colorful expressions from the Yanks and such, Frank offered, with a nervous smile. True, I… — Diana Gabaldon
The second was some rather bad poetry, but it was short, and I forced my way through by gritting my teeth and occasionally closing one… — Patrick Rothfuss
my heart would swell without warning, and tremble, and lurch with a stab of pain. I would try clamping my eyes shut and gritting my… — Haruki Murakami
There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for… — Veronica Roth

Who Wrote These Gritting Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 13 Gritting Quotes as follows: