Quotes About Grit

Some people float through life while the rest of us pull the barge.

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

now i can get them teeth

No, I don't need sleep. Failures don't need sleep. Anyway, I slept yesterday.

do every day or two something for no other reason that you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

What separated Blakely from other women with the same idea was her persistence.

Pain now for a payoff later.

Pits need to be filled.

You are not dumb, Yevette. All of us who have got this far, all of us who have survived- how can we be dumb? Dumb could not come this far,I am telling you.

It's okay to fail, it's not okay to quit.

You won't find magic potions here. No matter how enticing they may seem, promises of quick fixes mostly set us up for failure and do more to deter us than empower us.

Weakies, Breakfast of Chumps.)

Nature guards its secrets zealously, and it takes grit and determination to shed light on them.

Life goes on," she says, like a dare.

Or maybe when you have the sheer force of will to keep doing something over and over again until you get it right, winning feels more like relief than anything else.

The habit of giving up when the present task is half finished and try something else is one of the chief causes of failure.

she hadn't just lost everything. After all, she had her health (which was actually saying quite a lot for a second grade teacher during flu season) and she had relative youth, though she was on the downhill slide to thirty. But she no longer had her luggage and she didn't have her purse. Meaning she had no clothes, no shoes, no undies, no toiletries, no ID, no credit card, not even a ChapStick. She glanced down at her

The most important qualities a human can possess are an iron will and a persevering spirit," Mamey

Test your limits. Learn what you can endure.

The most important qualities a human can possess are an iron will and a persevering spirit,

People have maladies of all kinds, she says, and if they have any sense, they don't waste time whining about them. "We all have our burdens to bear," she says. "You know what yours is, now. That's good. You'll never be surprised by it.

The most important qualities a human can possess are an iron will and a persevering spirit," Mamey says.

For those who never give up