“When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Submit your story the same way you submit your heart. Let it break. Bruise it up. Let it get pummeled and sore… — Talia Mailman Copy Share Image
In football, I learned about trust, handling failure, embracing discomfort, and rejection, which has helped with the auditions. — John David Washington Copy Share Image
Rejection process is not fun. It's the red pen on the page, the discarded sketch, sometimes is the only way forward. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
There was a period where I stopped auditioning because I was like, 'I don't have the heart.' There's just so much rejection. — Molly Shannon Copy Share Image
“Our people think: I , Wangari, a Kenyan by birth - how can I be a vagrant in my own country as… — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
And I think no matter what, how much rejection that I have had I've still always been like all right, well that's… — Michelle Monaghan Copy Share Image
When disappointments knock you down, get back up and go again because out of our greatest rejection comes our greatest direction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I just think that beautiful people don't have it as hard, you know? They just don't know what rejection's like. That's why… — Rob Schneider Copy Share Image
Problems are gifts from heaven to help every one of us to grow but for those who are to grow the most,… — Pat McBride Copy Share Image
Swallowing your pride isn't lethal. It might upset your stomach for a few minutes, but the ultimate result may be the life… — Georgette Mosbacher Copy Share Image
I do not see that the sex of the candidate is an argument against her admission as a Privatdozent. After all, the… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
He took a moment to get over the shock, and to remind himself that this had surely been difficult for her and… — Julianne MacLean Copy Share Image
I've got a folder full of rejection slips that I keep. Know why? Because those same editors are now calling my agent… — MaryJanice Davidson Copy Share Image
Evolution has programmed us to feel rejection in our guts. This is how the tribe inforced obedience, by wielding the threat of… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“Man was born for society. However little He may be attached to the World, He never can wholly forget it, or bear… — Matthew Gregory Lewis Copy Share Image
To the warriors of light, there is no such thing as impossible love. They don’t allow themselves to be intimidated by silence,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The life of a chess master is much more difficult than that of an artist - much more depressing. An artist knows… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
Strauss admits to being obsessed by his mother's rejection, and with the resultant rents in self-esteem. The Game echoes with disturbingly abusive… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“God whispered, "You endured a lot. For that I am truly sorry, but grateful. I needed you to struggle to help so… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The dismaying truth is that birtherism is part of a larger pattern of rejection of reality that has taken hold of intimidating… — Hendrik Hertzberg Copy Share Image
Rejection is good. Putting others ahead of self, giving things away. Success, money, power, fame, happiness, friends; any kind of pleasure -… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of religion. Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of science. In other words, religion… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
Youll never know pain until you look into the eyes of someone you love, and they look away. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserted. — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
In life, you get rejected more than you get accepted, and you have to understand that. So you have to invest in… — Colin Jackson Copy Share Image
“I refuse to let past rejection, fears, insecurities, and previous losses stop me from being ready to receive this time.” — Shasta Nelson Copy Share Image
When asked what's wrong?, we always answer nothing because it is so much easier than to say everything. — Faizan Ali Copy Share Image
Everything is a rejection of you, not your product, or your script, or a cosmetic. It's you. — Morgan Brittany Copy Share Image
In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how bad it was and keep… — Emily Watson Copy Share Image
The most cruel happening in ones life is the rejection of love. It happens in different patterns in men and women. — Vinod Copy Share Image
No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Rejection doesn't hurt, expectation does. Lie doesn't kill, denial does. Forget doesn't heal, forgive does. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well actually I don't think it's a bunch of bad things that send us to hell. I think it is rejection of… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what… — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
That rich guy you've been seeing, must have put you down. Welcome back baby, to the poor side of town. — Johnny Ramistella Copy Share Image
We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If a guy doesn't think you're good enough to be with, you shouldn't think he's good enough to sleep with. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
Just because the most important person in your life rejects you, does not change who you are. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
