“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.”
"Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another."
- Angela Duckworth
Personal Growth
"Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare."
- Angela Duckworth
Resilience
"As much as talent counts, effort counts twice."
- Angela Duckworth
Resilience
"In times of crisis, culture is what holds us together."
- Angela Duckworth
Resilience
"Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint."
- Angela Duckworth
Persistence
"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."
- George Lorimer
Determination
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity."
- Amelia Earhart
Determination
"When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone."
- Melissa McCarthy
Determination
"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."
- Walt Disney
Determination
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Determination