"We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary."
Carol Dweck
"Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day-in, day-out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years. And working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint."
Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
T.S. Eliot
"True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done."
John Wayne
"Grit is not just a simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an uncomfortable place, work hard to improve upon a given interest and do it again and again."
Sarah Lewis
"What we accomplish in the marathon of life depends tremendously on our grit—our passion and perseverance for long-term goals."
"The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you're made of, not the circumstances."
Unknown
"What is grit? Grit is refusing to give up. It’s persistence. It’s making your own luck."
Peter Diamandis
"Every great story happened when someone decided not to give up."
Spryte Loriano
"Grit is the grain of character."
Edwin Percy Whipple
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent."
Dolly Parton
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