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

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

Success comes to the man who grits his teeth, squares his jaw and says, "There is a way for me and, by jingo, I'll find it". — Cliff Sloan

Nobody automatically believes in your dream. Nobody! You have to turn it into reality through your own sheer grit, bullheadedness and persistence. — Kimora Lee Simmons

Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit -
It's the keeping your chin up that's hard. — Robert W. Service

Success doesn't just happen. It is a product of hard work, grit and ingenuity. — Ogwo David Emenike

If the world is your oyster, why are some people so full of grit? — Stacy S. Avary

Develop The Grit To be great. — Barrett Brooks

Anyone can be tough for a season. It takes a special kind of human to rise to life's challenges for a lifetime. — Chris Matakas

On writers' workshops: It is the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster's shell that makes the pearl, not pearl-making seminars with other oysters. — Stephen King

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

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

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

Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life. — Charles R. Swindoll

With ever greater frequency they annihilate themselves, for success breeds contempt for those very qualities that purchased it. — Steven Erikson

The man who has grit enough to bring about the afforestation or the irrigation of a country is not less worthy of honor than its conqueror. — J. Arthur Thomson

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

Only the middle ground of this wicked world mattered, the vast gap that stretched between, and those who were born with enough grit to brave it. — David Joy

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. — Jessamyn West

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. — Hailee Steinfeld

Be "that person" with grit. Remain dedicated, determined and strong in the face of adversity! — Jerry Gladstone

I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family values they have. — Ernie Harwell

Sacredness grew like a pearl, sometimes around the most unlikely bits of grit. — S.M. Stirling

I mean I know it's cold out here and not everybody has a sleeping bag. But when you grit your teeth and stick it out until dawn! — Suzanne Collins

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

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

I ain't got much patience for virgins. You just grit your teeth and mind you don't scream too loud. — Lisa Henry

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

They had that special grace, that special spirit that says, 'Give me a challenge and I'll meet it with joy. on Challenger disaster — Ronald Reagan

More leaders have been made by accident, circumstance, sheer grit, or will than have been made by all the leadership courses put together. — Warren G. Bennis

Jesus didn't say He would ice over the grit of faults and failures either; He said He would use us in spite of the grit and faults and failures. — Bob Goff

Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit. — Jonah Lehrer

It's the grit that makes the pearl. — Holly Cupala

The South, to me, is fried chicken and catfish caviar
that's grits
and good-looking women. — Erk Russell

I grit my teeth. Damn her and that lush body of hers! — M. Leighton

Hustle tries. Then it fails. Then it tries again, because of grit, which is simply being brave when you don't feel like being brave. — Jon Acuff

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

Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit. — Taisen Deshimaru

We talk a lot here about grit and self-control. The kids know what those words mean — Malcolm Gladwell

To run the world, you had to find it in yourself to grit your teeth and just fake it. Just stare them down, never back off. — Bruce Sterling

Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example. — Bill Hybels

The good life . . . cannot be mere indulgence. It must contain a measure of grit and truth," observed geographer Yi-Fu Tuan. Tuan — Eric Weiner

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

Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice. — Minna Thomas Antrim

The force with which he wanted it both ways made him grit his teeth. What kind of fool wanted it only one way? — Maile Meloy

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. — Richard Eyre

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

This jeweled coast does not shine for its gems are coated with grit. — Bryant A. Loney

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

From 'Midnight Cowboy' to 'Taxi Driver' is a brief era whose grit, beauty, and violence has been quite mythologized. — Rachel Kushner

I'm learning to say 'y'all' and I like grits. Strange things are happening to me. — Mitt Romney

Machine guns are taken through grit and determination. — Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

A grit mind strengthens all of your strengths. — Pearl Zhu

She had the grit to pray for Judus if she took the
notion - there warn't no back-down to her, I judge. — Mark Twain

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

Optimism / stung like grit in my swimsuit all the long ride home ... — Lesley Wheeler

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot. — Daniel Day-Lewis

I've always tried to face life like an oyster does--when given grit, give back a pearl. Ted Miller Brogden — Ted Miller Brogden

It took bold and noble men and women of wisdom and grit to mould America! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

There's a simple, but oft-neglected lesson here: to sustain success, you have to be willing to abandon things that are no longer successful. — Gary Hamel

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

Bandar had effortlessly converted Ratiram's grit into the smoke rings that he blew triumphantly in the air. — Pawan Mishra

Peak performance is dependent on passion, grit, determination, and a willingness to do something poorly until you can do it well. — Zig Ziglar

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

The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through. — Plutarch

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

Just because you encountered some grit doesn't mean you gotta quit. — Kristen Callihan

Find your grit and put in the work to elevate your game. Champions train. Chumps complain. — Kwame Alexander

Never tell her that something is impossible, because she'll kill herself proving you wrong. — Kate Lattey

That was undeniable. But what was also undeniable on this pressure-filled afternoon was Nishikori's poise and grit. — Anonymous

Nico grit his teeth. "Demigod blood. The blood of Olympus. — Rick Riordan

If I don't love you, baby, grits ain't groceries. — Little Milton

The attempt to prevent our kids from struggling for fear it might scar their permanent records is, instead, scarring them for life. — Heather Choate Davis

We girls aren't supposed to fall for the good boys.We are supposed to like a bit of grit in our oyster.That's how you get a pearl, after all. — James Lovegrove

All it takes to get along in this here man's town is a little shit, grit, and mother-wit. — Ralph Ellison

A good title holds magic, some cognitive dissonance, a little grit between the teeth, but above all it is the jumping-off place into wonder. — Barbara Kingsolver

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

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. — Beth Moore

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

Waves tossed themselves against the shore, dragging grit and sand between their nails as they were slowly pulled back out to sea. — Holly Black

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

I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. — Jim Harrison

Love was the thing that kept a person going past exhaustion, beyond reason, after hope was at its end. Grit, — Laurie R. King