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Quotes About Grit

I keep things real simple because I know where I came from and I don't ever want to go back to that way of living.
~ Edgerrin James
For all the wrong reasons. But there's this – in this Hood-damned world, it's worth taking what you can get. Whatever you can get.
~ Steven Erikson
Truths, yes. One after another, one boulder settling down, then another. And another. Blotting out the light, darkness closing in, grit and sand sifting down, a solid silence when the last one is in place. Now, dear fool, try drawing a single breath. A single breath. There were clouds closed fast round the moon. And one by one, gardens died.
~ Steven Erikson
Truths, yes. One after another, one boulder settling down, then another. And another. Blotting out the light, darkness closing in, grit and sand sifting down, a solid silence when the last one is in place. Now, dear fool, try drawing a breath. A single breath. There were clouds closed fast round the moon. And one by one, gardens died.
~ Steven Erikson
Bridgeburners get pounded all the time. We just get back up. No bluster, just back up, aye.
~ Steven Erikson
He never gave up. And he does that for us
~ Steven Spielberg
Whatever I lack in size and strength and speed, I kind of make up for in being grittier. When it comes to something like basketball I'm definitely not the best guy on the court, but I love elbowing and pushing people out or boxing them out.
~ Steven Yeun
Strickland Gillilan
~ AdamHad 'em.
Shtark zich." Make yourself strong.
~ Stuart Rojstaczer
Nothing is as hard as working on a British soap in this industry.
~ Robert Kazinsky
To be in a soap you have to be someone who is prepared to be at the grindstone, because it's all hands on deck.
~ Kym Marsh
Trent Seven wouldn't have let me even go to a try-out wearing socks.
~ Pete Dunne
Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom. Grittier soldiers are more likely to complete their training, and grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. The more challenging the domain, the more grit seems to matter.
~ Angela Duckworth
The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
~ Calvin Coolidge
Somehow I wasn't completely crucified by the critics. I don't know how or why, I probably should've been.
~ Leif Garrett
A Resilient Person do not need of good fortune.
~ Efrat Cybulkiewicz
Sometimes I think the greatest talent of all is perseverance.
~ Mitch Albom
A man who can take anything will find most things unsatisfying.
~ Mitch Albom
But a man who can take anything will find most things unsatisfying.
~ Mitch Albom
If life seems jolly rotten, There's something you've forgotten.
~ Monty Python
Never Give up, never surrender.
~ Nancy J. Cohen
You know, it's almost impressive," he said after a moment, sounding less wobbly. "You're nearly dead and you're still the rudest person I've ever met. You're welcome again, by the way." "Given that you're at least half responsible for this situation, I refuse to thank you," I said.
~ Naomi Novik
Oh, Hammond-intolerable, but he will see the job through.
~ Naomi Novik
Sabes? Es casi admirable —dijo al cabo de un momento, con la voz menos temblorosa—. Estás medio muerta y sigues siendo la persona más borde que he conocido nunca. Y por cierto: de nada, otra vez.
~ Naomi Novik