“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“You cannot talk about grit—you have to embody it.
You cannot talk about faith—you have to live it.
You cannot talk about the desert—you have to cross it.”
Dr. Dragos Bratasanu
“Grit is not just a simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an uncomfortable place, work hard to improve upon a given interest and do it again and again.”
Sarah Lewis
“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you're made of, not the circumstances.”
Unknown
“True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.”
John Wayne
“Every great story happened when someone decided not to give up.”
Spryte Loriano
“Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.”
Dolly Parton
“What is grit? Grit is refusing to give up. It’s persistence. It’s making your own luck.”
Peter Diamandis
“We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.”
Carol Dweck
“Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day-in, day-out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years. And working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.”
Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth
“Grit is that ‘extra something’ that separates the most successful people from the rest. It’s the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality.”
Dr. Travis Bradberry
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
