Top 237 Grit Quotes & Sayings

True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.

Grit and self-control are related, but they're not the same thing.

It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry. If they want to be successful, they need to learn how to persist and persevere and keep on working until the work is done... I bet there isn't a single highly successful person who has not depended on grit. Nobody is talented enough to not have to work hard, and that's what grit allows you to do.

If you grit your teeth and show real determination, you'll always have a chance.

That's all a grit is, a vehicle. For whatever it is you rather be eating.

Some people mistake grit for sheer persistence - charging up the same hill again and again. But that's not quite what I mean by the word 'grit.' You want to minimize friction and find the most effective, most efficient way forward. You might actually have more grit if you treat your energy as a precious commodity.

I've seen John Wayne's 'True Grit' about 10 times.

I live in East Hollywood which is sort of the end of the grit, butting up against Silverlake and Los Feliz which are the refined gentrified hipster zones, which I tend to appreciate when I need to get coffee, but I like living in the grit. I like feeling separate from that elitist civilization in some way, even though I don't really "belong" in the grit either. But I do spend more than half my time now in the desert which is really nice - to be off the grid, remembering that the world is bigger than the city streets.

In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.

Documentaries require an enormous amount of grit and empathy - and that is something women are incredibly strong at.

A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't.

At various points, in big ways and small, we get knocked down. If we stay down, grit loses. If we get up, grit prevails.

You need to learn a practical lesson. Grit alone is not going to save you from sinking.

I like Shah Rukh for his wit, intelligence, grit and determination, and Akshay for the way he interacts with people.

Grit, determination, the right amount of crazy, self belief - everything it takes to be a champion. I have that.

Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.

Can you rework your past, the grit that rubs in you, until it is shiny and smooth as a pearl?

Sacredness grew like a pearl, sometimes around the most unlikely bits of grit.

Poetry needs to be alive, unabashedly, and, for me, that entails seeing its complexity, the grit and grimness and jubilance and beauty.

A grindstone that had not grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax? And affairs that had not grit in them, how long would they take to make a man?

You think intelligence and grit can succeed by themselves, but I'm telling you that's a pretty illusion.

Grit can't be measured on pop quizzes, but it can often predict long-term success more than mere intelligence.

GRIT is Guts, Resilience, Industriousness and Tenacity. GRIT is the ability to focus, stay determined, stay optimistic in the face of a challenge, and simply work harder than the next guy or gal.

I now have Grit Scale scores from thousands of American adults. My data provide a snapshot of grit across adulthood. And I've discovered a strikingly consistent pattern: grit and age go hand in hand. Sixty-somethings tend to be grittier, on average, than fifty-somethings, who are in turn grittier than forty-somethings, and so on.

You just have to stand and grit your teeth and know your poll numbers are going to go down - and mine have - but you gotta grit through it because the alternative is unacceptable.

There haven't been genetic studies on grit, but we often think that challenge is inherited but grit is learned. That's not what science says. Science says grit comes from both nature and nurture.

I think my story relates. When I started out, all I had was my passion and grit.

Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit.

Develop The Grit To be great.

With her grace and grit, and the will to lead change, Misty Copeland is truly a ballerina for our time.

I will always remain heart and grit.

I like this book by Angela Duckworth called 'Grit.'

Talent alone gets you nowhere. You really have to have the grit, and you gotta have a love for people.

That grit of fighting is addictive, I'm scared of it. It's a very weird thing.

Machine guns are taken through grit and determination.

If you are walking through the hood and you notice the cracks in the sidewalk where all the weeds, pebbles, dirt and grit settle in, that's me.

Millennials get a bad rap sometimes about their grit and perseverance.

Wilshere looks like he's got the grit between his teeth

There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire.

I couldn't imagine 'True Grit' in 3D. I think the idea is sort of absurd.

'True Grit' is one of the few books my sons let me read to them - and paid attention to - when they were younger.

Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos.

Grit may carry risk because it's about putting all your eggs in one basket, to some extent.

What is grit? Grit is refusing to give up. It's persistence. It's making your own luck.

Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.

God honors a beautiful blend of gift and grit! He gives the gift, and He expects us to have the grit to practice and learn how to use it effectively.

Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.

Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.

When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.

To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it. Every day, parents and teachers ask me, 'How do I build grit in kids? What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?' The honest answer is, I don't know.

If you represent your country and millions of people are watching, it comes through a lot of grit and hard work.

Every day, across our state, we see grit and resilience.

Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.

The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

We have found a direct correlation between grit and positive emotions, but the fact that I have no evidence that grit is bad for you doesn't mean it's not. It's always a possibility that in the future researchers will discover a downside to grit.

Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will mount a daring new escape attempt every month, but a gritty prison inmate will tunnel his way out one spoonful of concrete at a time. Grit

Highest of heights, I climb this mountain and feel one with the rock and grit and solitude echoing back at me.

Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.

I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster.