True Grit Quotes

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

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

The wicked flee when none pursueth.

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

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

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.

Time just gets away from us.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.