Grit quotes

“Some kids with modest natural ability outperformed clearly-talented peers — not occasionally, but consistently, over years.”

“The research, as she shows with study after study, says the opposite.”

“Duckworth introduces her formula, which is the conceptual core of the book: skill equals talent times effort, and achievement equals skill times effort.”

“Duckworth presents her Grit Scale, a brief self-assessment that measures the two components of grit (passion + perseverance) across twelve statements.”

“The central reassurance of the book, given its own chapter: grit is not innate.”

“The cultural script tells young people to find their passion as if passion were a thing waiting to be discovered.”

“Duckworth draws heavily on Anders Ericsson's deliberate-practice research to make a sharper claim than the popular ten-thousand-hours version.”

“The connection is sometimes specific (the patients my research will help) and sometimes diffuse (the field I am contributing to), but it is rarely absent.”

“Hope, in Duckworth's usage, is not optimism that things will work out.”

“Duckworth's argument is that grit is not just a personal trait but a cultural one.”