Quotes About Grit

Delay and dirt are the realities of the most rewarding travel.

toughness isn't the same as strength

There was plenty of room for magic in any race, too, for chance and for grit, for tragedy, if an animal went down, for unexpected reversals at the tape. I had always loved all of it—even what couldn't be controlled or predicted.

but I believe even the toughest kinds of

After talking with many of them and seeing how they lived, I realized they didn't have an endless supply of bravery, because no one ever did. When courage failed them, they would find a way to stand their ground anyway and fight on spirit alone. They had grit rather than bravery.

We singe but never burn.

All the things that make life worth living take work.

The Rubbish Picker's Wife

Pete Pfitzinger

The music and applause fast fading from his ears, Bruce would lay down his guitar, grit his teeth, and walk dutifuly back into his father's charred vision of the world.

If you bite off more than you can chew, chew like bloody hell. Peter Brock

Learning is deeper and more durable when it's effortful. Learning that's easy is like writing in sand, here today and gone tomorrow.

Resolution, the ability and determination to see things through to the end. However unexpected or disappointing that end turns out to be.