Resilience Quote by Deborah Ford

“grit: having passion and perseverance toward long-term goals.”

— Adam M. Grant

“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

“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

“ grits \’grits\n: 1: acronym for Girls Raised in The South 2: an increasingly popular expression associated with the enviable attributes of Southern women,…

— Deborah Ford

“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

“Grit drives people to succeed, especially when they face daunting and prolonged challenges—a hallmark of every scaling effort. (Scaling Up Excellence)”

— Robert Sutton

“One of the keys to cultivating grit is making the task at hand more interesting and motivating.”

— Adam M. Grant

“To be gritty is to resist complacency.”

— Angela Duckworth

“Grits Glossary newcomer \’nü-,kǝ-mǝr\ n: any neighbor who has lived there less than ten years, unless her mother is from the area, of course…

— Deborah Ford

“following through on our commitments while we grow up both requires grit and, at the same time, builds it.”

— Angela Duckworth

What is grit? Grit is refusing to give up. It's persistence. It's making your own luck.

— Peter Diamandis

“you want to be grittier, find a gritty culture and join it. If you’re a leader, and you want the people in your organization…

— Angela Duckworth