1. Student
Grits
Student share their responses to the
GRIT question…
Life may try to knock me down,
but what inspires me to get back
up is …

2. Life may try to knock me down, but what
inspires me to get back up is…….
 My children are my
motivation, I don’t
want to see them
struggle as much as
I did. So in order
for that not to
happen I need to get
up and do something
with myself. To
better our future
because no one is
going to do it for
me.

3. Life may try to knock me down, but what
inspires me to get back up is…….
 My faith inspires me
to get backup. The
bible says I can do
all things through
Christ who
straightens me
 My Kids
 Having my family
watch me walk
across the stage at
graduation
 My
wife, kids, friends, and
mainly the lessons I
have learned through
out my life. I have
been in hostile
environments in my life
(Iraq/ Afghanistan).
Where I have learned
what truly is
important. My warrior
ETHO’s are rules I
live by. I WILL
NEVER QUIT! I WILL
NOT ACCEPT DEFEAT!

4. Life may try to knock me down, but what
inspires me to get back up is…….
GRIT means to
finish
what you started
 My son and my
family
 My Education
 Love
 My grandkids keep
me motivated to do
better
 I have made
mistakes but I have
to remember that

5. Life may try to knock me down, but what inspires
me to get back up is…….
 If it’s God’s will it
will be done if he
wakes me up I will
rejoice and be glad
 My Family
 Knowing I don’t want
to end up like my
parents
 A better future
 Knowing I am doing
this for my family.
 My family and God
 Pure stubbornness
and the inability to
give up
 My Kids

6. Life may try to knock me down, but what inspires
me to get back up is…….
 My drive to change
my life and
accomplish my
dreams.
 My children
 Family and myself
 There is no such
word as can’t.
 My personal
motivation to want a
better life. You
have to want it!
 Hope for a better
future! Stability!
 Success in everything
I do.

7. Life may try to knock me down, but what inspires
me to get back up is…….
 LIFE
 My Son
 Me, my kids, and
school
 Knowing in the end it
will all be worth it
 My faith and belief
in God.
 My vision, children,
family, and church
family.
 My family, I don’t
do it who will
 Giving back to
others.
 Death, hope, love

8. Life may try to knock me down, but what inspires
me to get back up is…….
 Determination to succeed. The thought of a
career in the field of computers has always
been a dream for me. When my daughter is
older she will not have to worry about her
financial situation. She will only need to
worry about her education and getting the
most from her life.
 I want to show my daughter that even a single
mom can still go to work, go to school and
manage a household and be who they want to
be