Angela Duckworth

"Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another."

- Angela Duckworth

"Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare."

- Angela Duckworth

"As much as talent counts, effort counts twice."

- Angela Duckworth

"In times of crisis, culture is what holds us together."

- Angela Duckworth

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

- Angela Duckworth

"Time and energy are limited. Any successful person has to decide what to do in part by deciding what not to do."

- Angela Duckworth

"Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it’s not just stamina in your effort. It’s also stamina in your direction, stamina in your interests. If you are working on different things but all of them very hard, you’re not really going to get anywhere. You’ll never become an expert."

- Angela Duckworth

"Consistency of effort over the long run is everything."

- Angela Duckworth

"…grit grows as we figure out our life philosophy, learn to dust ourselves off after rejection and disappointment, and learn to tell the difference between low-level goals that should be abandoned quickly and higher-level goals that demand more tenacity. The maturation story is that we develop the capacity for long-term passion and perseverance as we get older."

- Angela Duckworth

"The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things that kids care about, where they excel, where they try hard, where they learn important life lessons, that are not picked up by test scores."

- Angela Duckworth

"Many of us, it seems, quit what we start far too early and far too often. Even more than the effort a gritty person puts in on a single day, what matters is that they wake up the next day, and the next, ready to get on that treadmill and keep going."

- Angela Duckworth

"When you keep searching for ways to change your situation for the better, you stand a chance of finding them. When you stop searching, assuming they can’t be found, you guarantee they won’t."

- Angela Duckworth