Dolly Parton Quote

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

Endure long enough for luck to strike

Life may try to knock you down but be persistent with your passions - cultivate grit, resilience, tenacity and endurance success will come.

As a pearl is formed and its layers grow, a rich iridescence begins to glow. The oyster has taken what was at first an irritation and intrusion and uses it to enrich its value. How can you coat or fra...

Thus ended the first and adventurous part of his existence. What followed was so different that, but for the reality of sorrow which remained with him, this strange part must have resembled a dream.

Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.

The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.

It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry -- if they want to be successful, they need to learn how to persist and persevere, how to keep on working until the work is done. Woody A...