“I prefer to have a white that has the grit of a hummus.”— Paul Feig, Susan Cooper, Melissa McCarthy, imdb.com
“I don’t have a political machine. I don’t come from money. But what I do have is this: I have grit.”— Amy Klobuchar, twincities.com
“Grit, persistence, adaptability, financial literacy, interview skills, human relationships, conversation, communication, managing technology, navigating conflicts, preparing healthy food, physical fitness, resilience, self-regulation, time management, basic psychology and mental health practices, ar…”— Andrew Yang, amazon.com
“I was close to my father,. He was a difficult man, but I was close to him. My dad was whip-smart, quick with the humor, and had a social intelligence—he knew people. He was tough and strict, from the old school before the old school. Maybe it's me projecting, but I think he understood that life requ…”— Chris Pratt, elle.com
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes sh…”— Angela Duckworth, amazon.com
“Passion for your work is a little bit of discovery, followed by a lot of development, and then a lifetime of deepening.”— Angela Duckworth, amazon.com
“There are no shortcuts to excellence. Developing real expertise, figuring out really hard problems, it all takes time ― longer than most people imagine... you've got to apply those skills and produce goods or services that are valuable to people. Grit is about working on something you care about so…”— Angela Duckworth, amazon.com
“One form of perseverance is the daily discipline of trying to do things better than we did yesterday.”— Angela Duckworth, amazon.com
“Interests are not discovered through introspection. Instead, interests are triggered by interactions with the outside world. The process of interest discovery can be messy, serendipitous, and inefficient. This is because you can't really predict with certainty what will capture your attention and wh…”— Angela Duckworth, amazon.com