True Grit Quotes:

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

- Jeff Bridges

topic: Men, Grit, True Grit

Time just gets away from us.

- Charles Portis

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

topic: Get Away, True Grit

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

- John Wayne

topic: Basketball, Decision, Done, True Grit

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

- Charles Portis

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

topic: Brain, Thieves, Mouths, True Grit

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

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

topic: Grace, World, Pay, True Grit

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

- Kim Darby

topic: Hell, True Grit

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

- Charles Portis

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

topic: Done, Want, True Grit

The wicked flee when none pursueth.

- Charles Portis

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

topic: Wicked, True Grit

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

- Jim Butcher

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

topic: Bible, Shadow Of Death, Death Of A Loved One, Valley Of Death, Someone Dying

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

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

topic: Kings, Independent, Swans, Financiers, Black Swan

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

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

topic: Country, Character, Fear And Loathing, True Grit

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

topic: Writing, Unique, Voice, Indomitable, Tarts