Quotes About Grit

No one is born successful, success requires preparation

Persistence is the fundamental ingredient of true success.

A winner keeps playing until the winning shot.

Persistence is the pillar of success.

Success comes from patience and passion.

Persistence is the source of great strength.

It is the blessing of dumb work done close to the earth-one gritty minute at a time, we move forward.

The only quality that distinguishes the greats from the masses, is the unwillingness to give up.

Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who you are.

Courage is how bad you want it.

I never quit until I get what I want.

It's perfectly okay to want to quit - as long as you don't.

Success means doing things you don't want to do.

If the challenge seems a bit too overwhelming, that's the one you want. Take it on & let it pull you up.

Sometimes you have to do what you don't like to get to where you want to be.

I seriously don't take praise to my heart or to my head. I only want to work harder and never get complacent.

Second time's charm," Burned Dan said. "Think that's third time," I told him. "You want to do this again?" he said. "Second time's charm," I repeated.

The true test of one's mettle is how many times you will try before you give up.

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The single biggest reason I got my stories taken in various literary magazines - and I want to stress this - is because I refused to give up. Period.

I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

In her TED talk, Dr. Duckworth said, "One characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. It wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ. It was grit. Grit is a passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is stamina. . . . Grit is living life like it's a marathon and not a sprint.

Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.

I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.