The truth, and nothing but the truth, is that dawn begins with a wrestling match with my soul and a systematic rejection… — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Copy Share Image
“Why didn't I feel that I belonged to my parents? How could I have known that I was not right? I think… — Joan Frances Casey Copy Share Image
This is what it feels like to care about someone who doesn't feel the same. I'd only known how it felt to… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
Often, you have to fail as a writer before you write that bestselling novel or ground-breaking memoir. If you're failing as a… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Tears never yet saved a soul. Hell is full of weepers weeping over lost opportunities, perhaps over the rejection of an offered… — Theodore L. Cuyler Copy Share Image
Discoveries from one community cannot be repackaged and provided to another as a silver bullet, That's a "best practice" rollout and it… — Richard Pascale Copy Share Image
But those who chose to reject God during their lifetime on earth will be separated from him for eternity. This is not… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“If that was stressful for you, then did you ever think that maybe you made a mistake? That maybe you shouldn't have… — Courtney Cole Copy Share Image
The biggest hurdle is rejection. Any business you start, be ready for it. The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is… — John Paul DeJoria Copy Share Image
Personally, I've learned about perseverance: when you hear the word 'No,' and when you hear rejection, that it's not always final. And… — Angela Robinson Copy Share Image
The cross where Jesus died became also the cross where His apostle died. The loss, the rejection, the shame, belong both to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's the moment when you know that you can have what you want if you're only brave enough to say so. It's… — Penelope Douglas Copy Share Image
“It can be depressing when no one takes interest, and a lack of response makes the writer question why they’re writing at… — Lizz Clements Copy Share Image
“(T)here are worse things than falling on your face right out of college...Like instant, unearned success. Like getting your first novel accepted… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
The preceding criticism justifies the following definition of the entire human: human existence as the life of "unmotivated" celebration, celebration in all… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
“We, the weird and the sideways folk, have always walked the line of rejection. It’s what makes us visionaries. We who are… — G.L. Carriger Copy Share Image
I tell young people, including my own kids, don't do this, it's too difficult. It's a career full of rejection, disappointment and… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
My advice to everybody - never give up and have great resiliency. Don't take the rejection personally, but listen if it’s intelligent… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
I am an American, not an Asian-American. My rejection of hyphenation has been called race treachery, but it is really a demand… — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
“When we reject our origins, we become the product of whatever soil that we find ourselves planted; the colors of our leaves… — Mike Norton Copy Share Image
“We have had a number of books casting the acid of angry rejection over the spirit of our age. They are not… — Gregory Wolfe Copy Share Image
Every writer is necessarily a critic - that is, each sentence is a skeleton accompanied by enormous activity of rejection; and each… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
All the rejection that I've been through only made me stronger, and it's part of being an entrepreneur. You kind of have… — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
Parents accept their obsolescence with the best grace they can muster. . . they do all they can to make it easy… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
“Rejection unfortunately is a fact of life; it has happened and will continue to happen to all of us in the future.… — Peter Barbas Copy Share Image
“If the attitude of many non-Catholic modern philosophers toward Catholic thought could be summarized in a single sentence, it would be: It… — Gregory B. Sadler Copy Share Image
“It’s common to reject or punish yourself when you’ve been rejected by others. When you experience disappointment from the way your family… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
It is unfortunate that in every industry, there are people who take advantage of needy people, but I would like to tell… — Ishita Dutta Copy Share Image
I'd read a lot about the psychology around rejection and insecurity, and I had noticed that when people feel insecure or rejected,… — Whitney Wolfe Herd Copy Share Image
“[Eating disorders] are a wonderful tool for helping you reject others before they can reject you. Example: You're at a party. The… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
We want from here to express our solidarity and our support to all the victims of these acts of terrorism and their… — Vicente Fox Copy Share Image
The movie business can be very frustrating and very circuitous; theres no straight path. You have to have tremendous perseverance, dedication and… — Denise Di Novi Copy Share Image
There are many gods which Christians reject. I just believe in one less god then they do. The reasons that you might… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer.… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
If I were to try to break into the world of modern dance, after the first few rejections the logical response might… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you'd experience. You have rejection… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
To let go means to give up coercing, resisting, or struggling, in exchange for something more powerful and wholesome which comes out… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
I kept running around it in large or small circles, always looking for someone or something able to convince me of my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've had those periods in my career when I was sitting around waiting for a phone call and had an agent who… — Sam Elliott Copy Share Image
When I got the role in 'Homeland,' it really opened something up. Other people respected me more as an actor, doors were… — Zuleikha Robinson Copy Share Image