Courage Quote by Dick King-Smith

“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 is the grain of character. It may generally be described as heroism materialized,--spirit and will thrust into heart, brain, and backbone, so as…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

GRIT is Guts, Resilience, Industriousness and Tenacity. GRIT is the ability to focus, stay determined, stay optimistic in the face of a challenge, and…

— Linda Kaplan Thaler

“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

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

“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

“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

The way that I've been raised and the things I've had to do has given me grit that is unmatchable unless you were beside…

— Lacey Evans

“To be gritty is to resist complacency.”

— Angela Duckworth

“Grit doesn’t happen when things are good. Grit happens when we’re tested. When Elvis is dead, and things are bleak at best, because you’re…

— Jolie Sikes

“That woman grinds my grits, and that's a fact.”

— Nancy Turner

“If the world is your oyster, why are some people so full of grit?”

— Stacy S. Avary