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Angela Duckworth QUOTES

Angela Duckworth QUOTES

1 " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

2 " A vivid - if somewhat melodramatic - firsthand description of what deliberate practice can feel like comes from dancer Martha Graham: 'Dancing appears glamorous, easy, delightful. But the path to the paradise of that achievement is not easier than any other. There is fatigue so great that the body cries even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration. There are daily small deaths. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

3 " ...grit grows as we figure out our life philosophy, learn to dust ourselves off after rejection and disappointment, and learn to tell the difference between low-level goals that should be abandoned quickly and higher-level goals that demand more tenacity. The maturation story is that we develop the capacity for long-term passion and perseverance as we get older. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

4 " ...interests are not discovered through introspection. Instead, interests are triggered by interactions with the outside world. The process of interest discovery can be messy, serendipitous, and inefficient. This is because you can't really predict with certainty what will capture your attention and what won't...Without experimenting, you can't figure out which interests will stick, and which won't. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

5 " Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

6 " ...there are no shortcuts to excellence. Developing real expertise, figuring out really hard problems, it all takes time―longer than most people imagine....you've got to apply those skills and produce goods or services that are valuable to people....Grit is about working on something you care about so much that you're willing to stay loyal to it...it's doing what you love, but not just falling in love―staying in love. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

7 " Encouragement during the early years is crucial because beginners are still figuring out whether they want to commit or cut bait. Accordingly, Bloom and his research team found that the best mentors at this stage were especially warm ans supportive: 'perhaps the major quality of these teachers was that they made the initial learning very pleasant and rewarding. much of the introduction to the field was as playful activity, and the learning at the beginning of this stage was like a game'.
A degree of autonomy during the early years is also important. Longitudinal studies tracking learners confirm that overbearing parents and teachers erode intrinsic motivation. Kids whose parents let them make their own choices about what they like are more likely to develop interests later identified as a passion. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

8 " Failure is not a permanent condition. "

― Angela Duckworth

9 " Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

10 " Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

11 " as much as talent counts, effort counts twice. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

12 " It soon became clear that doing one thing better and better might be more satisfying than staying an amateur at many different things: "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

13 " I won’t just have a job; I’ll have a calling. I’ll challenge myself every day. When I get knocked down, I’ll get back up. I may not be the smartest person in the room, but I’ll strive to be the grittiest. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

14 " I learned a lesson I’d never forget. The lesson was that, when you have setbacks and failures, you can’t overreact to them. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

15 " 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 "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

16 " Yes, but the main thing is that greatness is doable. Greatness is many, many individual feats, and each of them is doable. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

17 " I have a feeling tomorrow will be better is different from I resolve to make tomorrow better. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

18 " It isn't suffering that leads to hopelessness. It's suffering you think you can't control. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

19 " Without effort, your talent is nothing more than unmet potential. Without effort, your skill is nothing more than what you could have done but didn't. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

20 " At its core, the idea of purpose is the idea that what we do matters to people other than ourselves. "

― Angela Duckworth , Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance