The parenting style that is good for grit is also the parenting style good for most other things: Be really, really demanding, and be very, very supportive.
~ Angela Duckworth
'The Iliad' includes some snappy sports reporting, and writers ever since have been probing athletes for signifiers, for metaphor amped by grit under pressure.
~ Katherine Dunn
We have found a direct correlation between grit and positive emotions, but the fact that I have no evidence that grit is bad for you doesn't mean it's not. It's always a possibility that in the future researchers will discover a downside to grit.
Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.
~ Jeff Bridges
In Wyoming, the beauty of our mountains is matched only by the grit of our people.
~ Liz Cheney
Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.
~ Christine Lagarde