Angela Duckworth Quotes
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
Quotes to Explore
I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.
Lady Gaga
I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.
Randy Harrison
Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
Iris Chang
I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
Queen Latifah
I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
Barbara Palvin
My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
Q'orianka Kilcher
Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.
Jack Kornfield
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions. Quoted in PBS episode of American Masters
Man Ray
Annabelle '...health care is an expanding field, as the world fills up with people that would have been dead a hundred years ago. Everybody winds up needing care, pretty much.'
John Updike
Every family is different. I am mom and I am dad and I'm going to do my best. You should be proud, walk through life saying I have the coolest family. I am part of a modern family.
Ricky Martin
They say pregnancies can differ depending on whether you're carrying a girl or boy, so for me, I think having a little boy is definitely easier on my body - or I'm just better prepared!
Jessie James Decker
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