Quotes About Grit

He fought for his very survival. If he fought dirty sometimes that does not diminish the fact that he refused to give up.

A woman is like a teabag - only in hot water do you realize how strong she is.

It's a sort of pride to her that she watched the whole thing without wincing or looking away or carrying on.

sustains us day after day. But the relentless

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

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

Jump in, no excuses. Exert the force of your life. Persevere under all circumstances.

I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.

Infantry Marines live only and forever in the real world.

Neil S. Plakcy

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Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

He had advanced so rapidly that for eight days in a row he had never once taken off his boots.

What other pearls of wisdom has she dropped in your ready ear?

Her mind was empty of everything but the feel of iron gritting through muscle and cartilege.

Thousands of people have talent. I might as well congratulate you for having eyes in your head. The one and only thing that counts is: Do you have staying power?

The only thing that will guarantee your failure is quitting. Those who win in this life are not those who never fail. Winners are those who never quit.

It's always too early to quit.

Not a movie to take your children to, nothing to show your ma: the little gougings, the wreck of the way they lived.

My brother isn't very smart, but he makes up for it in pure stubbornness.

Combattete le debolezze e lavorate per superarle.

A will finds a way.

The greatest thing a man can do in this world, is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.