Quotes About Grit

When life knocks you down...Calmly get back up, smile, and very politely say, 'You hit like a bi....'

Life is about KICKING a.. and not KISSING IT!

And a short nod of respect is in order, because it's harder to become a Navy SEAL than it is to get into Harvard Law School. Different, but harder.

And the way out of that is mental, in your mind. Don't buckle under to the hurt, rev up your spirit and your motivation, attack the courses. Tell yourself precisely how much you want to be here." The

Those instructors have watched men drop, watched them fail, watched them quit, and watched them quietly, with ice-cold, expressionless faces. That's not heartless; it's because they were only interested in the others, the ones who did not crack or quit. The ones who would rather die than quit. The ones with no quit in them.

made it my business to be tough in the ways that they were tough—on the inside, where it counted. The

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart, who pull like water buffalo, with massive patience, who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward, who do what has to be done, again and again.

Elbow grease" is not a metaphor.

I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard.

Remember that gal that gave up? Neither does anyone else. Unknown

Marie G. McIntyre

Change doesn't come in nickels and dimes. It comes in dedication and sweat.

Mellow nuts have the hardest rind.

Life is hard. Next to what?

You're dumb, but don't give in.

If I made it it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.

Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.

I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.

Put your heart in it, set your mind to it and ain't nothing left but to do it.

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

This too shall pass - just like a kidney stone

Anyone who's just driven 90 yards against huge men trying to kill them has earned the right to do Jazz hands.

Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'