Angela Duckworth Quotes
Best 13 Quotes by Angela Duckworth
Grit Quotes
“Being a "promising beginner" is fun, but being an actual expert is infinitely more gratifying.”
“Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.”
“It isn't suffering that leads to hopelessness. It's suffering you think you can't control.”
“It soon became clear that doing one thing better and better might be more satisfying than staying an amateur at many different things.”
“No whining. No complaining. No excuses.”
“Nobody wants to show you the hours and hours of becoming. They'd rather show the highlight of what they've become.”
“Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.”
“Passion begins with intrinsically enjoying what you do.”
“Passion for your work is a little bit of discovery, followed by a lot of development, and then a lifetime of deepening.”
“Stop reading so much and go think.”
“The idea of purpose is the idea that what we do matters to people other than ourselves.”
“To be gritty is to resist complacency.”
“When you keep searching for ways to change your situation for the better, you stand a chance of finding them. When you stop searching, assuming they can’t be found, you guarantee they won.”
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“The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some, it's a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk. Use your natural powers -- of persistence, concentration, and insight -- to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems. make art, think deeply.”