Top 90 Grit Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.”

— Robert H. Schuller

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Life Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Time Quotes

2. “You can keep going and your legs might hurt for a week, or you can quit and your mind will hurt for a lifetime.”

— Mark Allen

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Discipline Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Never Give Up Quotes

3. “Failure is an option. It’s what you do with the failure that makes you who you are. Our failures mold us. I have failed at several things in my life. What sets some of us apart, is that when we fail, we can’t sleep at night. It haunts us until we have our time at redemption.”

— David Goggins

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Failure Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

4. “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred with dust and sweat; who strives valiantly; who errs and may fall again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Action Quotes

5. “All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”

— Walt Disney

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Motivational Quotes About Life, Life Lessons Quotes

6. “Never give up, no matter what.”

— Louis Zamperini

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes

7. “Those times when you get up early and you work hard; those times when you stay up late and you work hard; those times when you don’t feel like working, you’re too tired, you don’t want to push yourself, but you do it anyway; that is actually the dream. That’s the dream. It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.”

— Kobe Bryant

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes, Passion Quotes

8. “The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Work Ethic Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

9. “You carry on no matter what the obstacles are. You simply refuse to give up – and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Winning Quotes

10. “Mental toughness and resilience fade if they aren’t used consistently. I say it all the time: you are either getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.”

— David Goggins

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Willpower Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Resilience Quotes

11. “GRIT is Guts, Resilience, Industriousness and Tenacity. GRIT is the ability to focus, stay determined, stay optimistic in the face of a challenge, and simply work harder than the next guy or gal.”

— Linda Kaplan Thaler

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, You Got This Quotes

12. “It’s a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day.”

— David Goggins

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Hard Hitting Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes

13. “The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.”

— Steve Prefontaine

Also featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Running Quotes, Sports Quotes

14. “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

— G. Michael Hopf

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Warrior Quotes, Challenges Quotes, Survival Quotes

15. “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”

— Alfred Tennyson

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Short Quotes, Struggle Quotes, Ambition Quotes

16. “When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.”

— Jacob August Riis

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Patience Quotes, Commitment Quotes

17. “I don’t need easy, I just need possible.”

— Bethany Hamilton

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

18. “If you are going to try, go all the way or don’t even start. If you follow it you will be alive with the gods. It is the only good fight there is.”

— Charles Bukowski

Also featured in: Quotes About Trying, Fighting Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

19. “If you’re going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.”

— Charles Bukowski

Also featured in: Boldness Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Artist Quotes

20. “Rest if you must, but never quit.”

— John Greenleaf Whittier

Also featured in: Willpower Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Giving Up Quotes

21. “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.”

— Calvin Coolidge

Also featured in: Willpower Quotes, Stay Strong Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Graduation Quotes

22. “I don’t have talent. I have tenacity.”

— Henry Rollins

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, Personality Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

23. “Mental toughness is essential to success.”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Mental Strength Quotes, Performance Quotes, Competition Quotes

24. “The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.”

— Bob Parsons

Also featured in: Dedication Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Victory Quotes

25. “I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.”

— Sylvester Stallone

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Keep Going Quotes

26. “Every day I’m hustlin’.”

— Rick Ross

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Hustle Quotes, Making Money Quotes, Boss Quotes

27. “I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”

— John D. Rockefeller

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Resilience Quotes

28. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.”

— Thomas Paine

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Victory Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

29. “It’s better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.”

— Emiliano Zapata

Also featured in: Warrior Quotes, Being Strong Quotes, Freedom Quotes, Hero Quotes

30. “Those who stay will be champions.”

— Bo Schembechler

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Victory Quotes, Keep Going Quotes

31. “With hard work and focus, dreams do come true.”

— Jake Matthews

Also featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Graduation Quotes

32. “We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Men

33. “Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.”

— David Bly

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Encouraging Quotes for Students, Common Sense Quotes, Dedication Quotes

34. “I never tried quitting, and I never quit trying.”

— Dolly Parton

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Willpower Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Quitting Quotes

35. “If you work hard, it will pay off in the end.”

— Lindsey Vonn

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Women, Monday Morning Quotes, Fitness Quotes, Monday Quotes

36. “You have not failed until you quit trying.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Growth Mindset Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Giving Up Quotes

37. “When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.”

— Queen Elizabeth II

Also featured in: Willpower Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Giving Up Quotes

38. “Sometimes I don’t feel good, but when you get in the ring, you can’t say “oh, I feel bad, can we stop?””

— Manny Pacquiao

Also featured in: Resilience Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Gym Motivation Quotes, Workout Quotes

39. “I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”

— Booker T. Washington

Also featured in: Journey Quotes, Life is Hard Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Resilience Quotes

40. “The only time we fail is when we stop trying.”

— Chuck Norris

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Workout Quotes

41. “In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have.”

— LeBron James

Also featured in: Friday Quotes for Work, Accountability Quotes, Life is Hard Quotes, Grind Quotes

42. “So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Boldness Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Victory Quotes

43. “It’s important to work hard – there’s no short cut around that.”

— Sachin Tendulkar

Also featured in: Friday Quotes for Work, Hustle Quotes

44. “Once you are in it, you are in it. You have to go all the way to the end because you commit yourself to such a level where there is no compromise. You give everything you have, absolutely everything. Sometimes, you find even more because you require more if you want to stay ahead and you want to win.”

— Ayrton Senna

Also featured in: Quotes About Giving

45. “So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?”

— Hunter S. Thompson

Also featured in: Journey Quotes, Boldness Quotes

46. “There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.”

— Jordan B. Peterson

Also featured in: Life is Hard Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Struggle Quotes

47. “The world is yours and everything in it, it’s out there- get on your grind and get it.”

— Young Jeezy

Also featured in: Wealth Quotes, Sales Motivational Quotes, Desire Quotes, Grind Quotes

48. “Hard days are the best because that’s when champions are made.”

— Gabby Douglas

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, Stay Strong Quotes, Strong Women Quotes, Workout Quotes

49. “All roads that lead to success have to pass through hard work boulevard at some point.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Students, Quotes About Work

50. “I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Life is Hard Quotes, Grind Quotes