Adam Grant Quotes

Business is a marathon, and most of society thinks it's a sprint.

Life’s a marathon, not a sprint.

We work in the dark -- we do what we can -- we give what we have.

What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer is the test of love.

In philanthropy, you have to take the attitude of a mother... You have to be patient, and we have been very patient for a long time.

How you start is important, very important, but in the end it is how you finish that counts. It is easier to be a self-starter than a self-finisher. The victor in the race is not the one who dashes off swiftest but the one who leads at the finish. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter in life's race. In America we breed many hares but not so many tortoises.

Whether it's marriage of business, patience is the first rule of success.

Greatness comes with patience.

The race of life is a marathon, not a sprint.

I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.

If your dream requires patience, give it.

My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.

They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one packet, maybe I share that packet with somebody who has not got even one cigarette, and that's the beginning of love, to give until it hurts.

Charity is to be measured, not by what one has given away, but by what one has left.

That is salvation. To give of love inside. To keep love of life, no matter what, and give to others. Generously.

Sometimes you need to give people something that's for them, not just something that makes you feel good giving it.

He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers.

Real kindness seeks no return.

Love is the desire to give, not to receive, something. Love is the art of producing something with the other's talents.

The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.

What is to give light must endure burning.

Don't be a jerk. Try to love everyone. Give more than you take. And do it despite the fact that you only really like about seven out of 500 people.

When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.

The key to success is letting the relationships in your life grow to the highest levels they possibly can . . . not putting yourself first in life and remembering that the more you give away, the more you have.

Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others.