True Grit Quotes

• Time just gets away from us.

  Charles Portis

  Grit, Get Away

  Charles Portis (2013). “Escape Velocity”, p.262, The Overlook Press

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• Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.

  Jeff Bridges

  Men, Grit

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• True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.

  John Wayne

  Leadership, Sports, Men

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• I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.

  Charles Portis

  Brain, Thieves, Grit

  Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.73, A&C Black

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• You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.

  Charles Portis

  Grace, World, Grit

  Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.49, A&C Black

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• I won't rest until Tom Chaney's barking in hell.

  Kim Darby

  Hell, Toms

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• If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.

  Charles Portis

  Done, Want, Ifs

  Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.90, A&C Black

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• The wicked flee when none pursueth.

  Charles Portis

  Wicked, Grit

  Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.25, A&C Black

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• Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of trauma, I will fear no concussion.

  Jim Butcher

  Bible, Shadow Of Death, Death Of A Loved One

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.997, Penguin

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• True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.

  John Wayne

  Basketball, Decision, Done

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• Last year when "Black Swan," "True Grit" and "King's Speech" all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies. You know, and not do the same old you-know-what.

  Harvey Weinstein

  Kings, Independent, Swans

  "Harvey Weinstein On Hollywood's Heated Oscar Race". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. December 2, 2011.

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• But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country-but only for those with true grit. And we were chock full of that.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Country, Character, Fear And Loathing

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time”, p.535, Simon and Schuster

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• The work of Jana Harris is unique in American writing. She has always had a voice of true grit—sometimes harsh, sometimes funny, always close to the bone, tart, and indomitable.

  Alicia Ostriker

  Writing, Unique, Voice

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