Quotes About Grit

The lucky fellow is the plucky fellow who has been burning midnight oil and taking defeat after defeat with a smile.

Persistence is the master virtue. Without it, there is no other.

The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.

You give ioo percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

No one ever did anything worth doing unless he was prepared to go on with it long after it became something of a bore.

There is something in me-I just can't stand to admit defeat.

It's not worthy of human beings to give up.

God Almighty hates a quitter.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. Everyone has bad breaks, but everyone also has opportunities. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.

You know what they call the guy who finishes last in medical school? They call him Doctor!

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races, one after another.

Others may argue about whether the world ends with a bang or a whimper. I just want to make sure mine doesn't end with a whine.

This story will never go down.

Courage permits the caliber of performance to continue at its peak, until the finish line is crossed.

You will never do anything in this world without courage.

I am not the smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeeded because I keep going, and going, and going.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.

They who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful.

It's the plugging away that will win you the day So don't be a piker, old pard! Just draw on your grit, it's so easy to quit- It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.