Grinding Quotes
The unglamorous, repeated effort behind real progress.
These grinding quotes describe the long, repetitive effort behind music careers and coaching jobs, where progress comes slowly and rarely feels finished. See our Effort quotes for related themes.
I want to make people feel certain ways when they listen to my music. Whether it's partying or going through relationship problems or grinding or getting dressed and feeling fly. I want to be who I am and have emotion...
One of my producers said this business is like a hamster on that little wheel thing that goes around and around. You may have a great day and get great ratings, but then you've got another show to do -...
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Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.
With its vastly complicated plot and its immense cast of characters swirling around the case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce that has been grinding away in the Court of Chancery for decades, 'Bleak House' is, for many readers, Dickens's greatest novel.
Effort Quotes
I want to keep grabbing, keep reaching, keep crawling, keep grinding and excelling until I can go no higher.
When you buy a company that's been on its butt you raise a lot of money, you instantly put new management in place, but that's the end of the glory for three to five years, grinding it out one day...
I think the biggest thing is to continue grinding and not let the crowds of people get in the way of you’re trying to do.
As an assistant, you are grinding it out and churning out work like there are not enough hours in the day, really. As a head coach, you are doing similar.
I've been grinding at music for over a decade now. Since I was 18, I decided that this is what I wanted to do. It's not an easy thing. When you start getting 25, 26, people are like, 'Oh you're...
Emotion Quotes
The grinding of the intellect is for most people as painful as a dentist's drill.
A no deal Brexit could bring Britain to a grinding halt and threaten the wellbeing of our country.
It's been constant grinding and trying to secure work that I care about, tireless auditions and meetings. I've been fortunate that a lot of cool doors have opened to me, chiefly meeting great people who were inspired by what I've...
Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again, just by being around him and talking.
It's really grinding to always play out of both sides of your mind and always be thinking what will offend people. Or what won't. But I'm strong enough to deal with that. I own that I'm freakish in my way.
Progress Quotes
We started the AIDS virus. We are only able to maintain our level of living by making sure that Third World people live in grinding poverty.
At this point, I'm just grinding through it, trying to establish strikes in the zone with my pitches, using some information the opposition gives me, and kind of moving forward in that regard.
I'm a grinding actor. That's how I've always viewed myself. You go from one job to the next.
I did about 10-12 national commercials and then got one line parts in things like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and the show 'The Unit.' Got a little part in the movie 'Redbelt' by David Mamet and kept slowly grinding up and...
Repetition Quotes
I wrote a book called 'Doll Bones', which was another middle-grade book, and when I was writing it, I needed a place in the U.S. that made bone china. And there are only two places in the U.S. that make...
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does 'grinding' mean across this set of quotes?
Is grinding shown only as a musical career idea here?
How long do these quotes suggest grinding takes to pay off?
Do any quotes link grinding to mental sharpness?
What's a related topic for readers interested in persistence?
Some speakers connect grinding to mental sharpness, others to years spent building a music career from scratch. Continue with our Progress or Repetition quotes.
