Missing Grit Quotes & Sayings

The genes hold culture on a leash. The leash is very long, but inevitably values will be constrained in accordance with their effects on the human gene pool. The brain is a product of evolution. Human behavior-like the deepest capacities for emotional respone which drive and guide it-is the circuitous technique by which human genetic material has been and will be kept intact. — E. O. Wilson

One insurance executive I worked with described the major benefit he derived from implementation of this system: "Previously I would just tell everyone, 'Sure, I'll do it,' because I didn't know how much I really had to do. Now that I've got the inventory clear and complete, just to maintain my integrity, I have had to say, 'No, I can't do that, I'm sorry.' The amazing thing is that instead of being upset with my refusal, everyone was impressed with my discipline! — David Allen

But curiosity is a restless and scrupulous passion, and no one girl can endure, with patience, that hers should be baffled by another. — J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Our destinies depend on the choices we make. Be it wise or stupid. — Paul Nat

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. — Oscar Wilde

When those of Jewish blood exhibit moral or intellectual superiority, genius or special talent, we feel pride in them, even if they have abjured the faith like Spinoza, Marx, Disraeli or Heine. Despite the meditations of pundits or the decrees of council, our own instincts and acts, and those of others, have defined for us the term 'Jew.' — Louis D. Brandeis

Creation is not restricted to the artist but instead is about how we bring ourselves authentically into the world both through our doing and being. — Tobin Hart

I was made acutely aware how far superior an education that stresses independent action and personal responsibility is to one that relies on drill, external authority and ambition. — Albert Einstein

Christianity is a way of life - not a dogma! — Stefan Emunds

For years, I was either referred to as a 'rubber-faced funny man' or 'the 'Men Behaving Badly' star.' — Martin Clunes

He tried to lift his chin, though it was difficult when Cinder's glare was making him feel about as important as a grain of salt. — Marissa Meyer

It is a torture to see people whom you don't like. — Nikita Dudani

There's this accent that I think everybody has when they grow up going to an international school. It's a mix of not quite English, not quite American. When I moved to L.A., it just went completely American. — Daniela Ruah

One of the outstanding features of Vanni society was the degree of integration of disabled people into the mainstream. They could be seen actively participating in many spheres, carrying out work with grit and amazing agility. People with one arm would ride motorbikes with heavy loads behind them on their motorbikes. You would hardly have known that some people you worked with were missing a leg from below the knee. Disability had been normalized. Serving these people was the only prosthetic-fitting service in Vanni, Venpuraa. This also expanded its service with the introduction of new technology. A common phrase one heard even prior to the Mullivaikaal genocide was about so and so having a piece of shrapnel in some part of their body. Many people lived with such pieces in their body and suffered varying degrees of pain as a result. Visiting medical experts did their best to remove the ones causing the most severe pain. — N. Malathy

Love isn't making others into the people we imagine they should be. It's about letting people be themselves — Katherine Longshore