Angela Duckworth: Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.
Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.
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- From the book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, 2016
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- The people who find treasure are the people who refuse to quit looking for it.
- The true test of faithfulness is not never failing, but being willing to get back up and be better.
- People stop doing what they did to win because they settle in.
- Persistence is keeping on doing what you know to do even when doing what you know to do doesn't seem to be getting any results.
- Grit is the grain of character. It may generally be described as heroism materialized,--spirit and will thrust into heart, brain, and backbone, so as to form part of the physical substance of the man.
- The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.