“ 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? ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
- 1.8K
“ As a camel beareth labour, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils. ”
- Akhenaton- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice. ”
- Minna Thomas Antrim- Copy
- 1.1K
“ Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe. ”
- Robert Service- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it. ”
- L. M. Montgomery- Copy
- 419
“ You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can. ”
- Jimmy Carter- Copy
- 3.1K
“ The wayside of business is full of brilliant men who started out with a spurt, and lacked the stamina to finish. Their places were taken by patient and unshowy plodders who never knew when to quit. ”
- J. R. Todd- Copy
- 3.7K
“ I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will. ”
- Clint Eastwood- Copy
- 427
“ The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale. ”
- A. E. Housman- Copy
- 1K
“ Precious beyond price are good resolutions. Valuable beyond price are good feelings. ”
- H. R. Haweis- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Every piece of writing… starts from what I call a grit… a sight or sound, a sentence or happening that does not pass away… but quite inexplicably lodges in the mind. ”
- Rumer Godden- Copy
- 3.9K
“ Three failures denotes uncommon strength. A weakling had not enough grit to fail thrice. ”
- Minna Thomas Antrim- Copy
- 169
“ A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence. ”
- Thomas Traherne- Copy
- 264
“ No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance. ”
- Mia Hamm- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts… ”
- Calvin Coolidge- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity, and consume your own smoke with an extra draft of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaints. ”
- William Osler- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaints. ”
- Sir William Osler- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political parties are its opposite halves - sometimes split into quarters - which grind on each other. Not only individuals but states have thus a confirmed dyspepsia. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
- 21
“ The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and never notice, you breathe it in, you eat and drink it. It is sifted so fine, it doesn't even grit on your teeth. But stand still for an instant and there it is, coating your face and hands… ”
- Georges Bernanos- Copy
- 2K
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