Quotes About Grit

Giving up is what kills people.

He had all the rough and sultry appeal of Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront. Clive Owen in Sin City. Russell Crowe in everything he did.

Motherhood. Not for sissies.

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.

So what should we praise? The effort, the strategies, the doggedness and persistence, the grit people show, the resilience that they show in the face of obstacles, that bouncing back when things go wrong and knowing what to try next. So I think a huge part of promoting a growth mindset in the workplace is to convey those values of process, to give feedback, to reward people engaging in the process, and not just a successful outcome.

Character, the sportswriters said. They know it when they see it—it's the ability to dig down and find the strength even when things are going against you.

Mia, what is the most important thing for a soccer player to have?" With no hesitation, she answered, "Mental toughness.

All of these people had character. None of them thought they were special people, born with the right to win. They were people who worked hard, who learned how to keep their focus under pressure, and who stretched beyond their ordinary abilities when they had to.

when they see it—it's the ability to dig down and find the strength even

And what's so heroic, they would say, about having a gift?

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" or "Rome wasn't built in a day.

When I was a young woman, I wanted a prince-like mate. Very handsome, very successful. A big cheese. I wanted a glamorous career, but nothing too hard or risky. And I wanted it all to come to me as validation of who I was. It would be many years before I was satisfied. I got a great guy, but he was a work in progress. I have a great career, but boy, is it a constant challenge. Nothing was easy. So why am I satisfied? I changed my mindset.

hope come not from circumstances or the acquisition of things but from the simple accumulation of active experience, from gritting the teeth and checking the items off the list, one by one, even though it's painful and you're afraid.

There's something about sober living and sober thinking, about facing long afternoons without the numbing distraction of anesthesia that disabuses you of the belief in the externals, shows you that strength and hope come not from circumstances or the acquisition of things, but from the simple accumulation of active experience, from gritting the teeth and checking the items off the list, one by one, even if it's painful and you're afraid.

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself.

Too stupid to learn and too stupid to give up.

No, but you have courage. Not battle courage perhaps but . . . I don't know . . . a kind of woman's courage.

a man who has survived a hundred fights can break in his hundred-and-first.

If it were easy all men would do it.

Good luck can be enticed by accepting opportunity.

Pressure makes diamonds

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

It's easy enough to be pleasant when everything goes like a song, but the man who is worthwhile, is the man who can smile, when everything goes dead wrong.