Grit by Angela Duckworth. Quotes

-What we eventually accomplish may depend more on our passion and perseverance than on our innate talent.
-I may not be the smartest person in the room, but I'll strive to be the grittiest.
-In the long run, grit may matter more than talent.
-Grit is mutable, not fixed.
-Who are the people at the very top of your field? What are they like? What do you think makes them special?
-High achievers were constantly driven to improve: they were never good enough; they were the opposite of complacent; and yet in a very real sense they were satisfied being unsatisfied. Each was chasing something of unparalleled importance, and it was the chase, as much as the capture, that was gratifying. Even if some of the things that they had to do were boring, or frustrating, or even painful, they would not dream of giving up. Their passion was enduring.
-Talent is not guarantee of grit.
-Grittier adults were more likely to get further in their formal schooling.
-Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is white another.
-Some of the students I expected to excel, because math came so easy to them, did worse than their classmates. On the other hand, some of my hardest workers were consistently my highest performers on tests and quizzes.
-Darwin: zeal and hard work are ultimately more important than intellectual ability.
-Focus on talent distracts us from something that is at least as important, and that is effort.
-High level of performance is, in fact, an accretion of mundane acts.
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