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Quotes About Grit

Why should anyone else have it easy. Spoken like a true New Yorker.
~ Colson Whitehead
we got sanded. In the towels, scalps, clumping on sweat along our limbs. It had begun, the gritification of the day.
~ Colson Whitehead
She likes the people with the endurance to tolerate the drudge, the ones who know that pain is a requirement, not a curse.
~ Colum McCann
into submission. No more punches. Before
~ Vince Flynn
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.
~ W.C. Fields
It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times.
~ Larry McMurtry
We didn't win because we had more talent than other teams. We won because we had more endurance.
~ Larry Osborne
the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules.
~ Laura Vanderkam
Like wading through water; That hard, that slow.
~ Lauren Henderson
Fletcher recalled, "this was the greatest." They were grateful to have overcome it, "but it was not the last.
~ Laurence Bergreen
Every day became an epic of endurance.
~ Charles Baxter
Russell had lost the thumb and index finger on his left hand when he was young. He moved the thumb he still had around like he was grinding something into the white tablecloth and said, "Dust to dust." I
~ Charles Brandt
You'll find us rough, sir, but you'll find us ready.
~ Charles Dickens
I found myself with a perseverance worthy of a much better cause.
~ Charles Dickens
Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails.
~ Scottish Proverb
Hard work is rewarding beyond gold. Sweating is living.
~ Terri Guillemets
It is easy to quit; I have quit at least a hundred times.
~ Author Unknown
Grant Barrett
~ peevishness
We have our mission and we are going to complete it. So grab your straws and suck it the fuck up.
~ Greg Rucka
No importa el tamaño del perro en la pelea sino el tamaño de la pelea en el perro
~ Guillermo Arriaga
Be tough minded but tenderhearted.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Stay strong and never give up." Prove yourself brave when they think you're weak.
~ James Hilton ( Cowboy)
People think I'm crazy. But... It pays to know how to get your butt kicked.
~ James Hilton ( Cowboy)
Life's hard, and at times hard to handle. But you endure what is unbearable and move on.
~ James Hilton ( Cowboy)