Rejected Quotes

486 Rejected quotes by 422 unique authors

It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say… — Carlisle Floyd
Libertarianism is rejected by the modern left - which preaches individualism but practices collectivism. Capitalism is rejected by the modern right-which preaches enterprise but practices… — Karl Hess
When we end up in a situation where we have been rejected, there is an acceptance in Christ of a new place He is going… — Beth Moore
I always get so overwhelmed trying to do everything perfectly. I can't do a job and not put everything I have into it. I need… — Nic Sheff
Innovative ideas are rarely rejected on their merits; they’re rejected because of how they make people feel. If you forget people’s concerns and feelings when… — Scott Berkun
All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no. — Barbara Corcoran
Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are in your own homes and in your own… — Mother Teresa
It was the Lord who put into my mind that fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies. All who… — Christopher Columbus
Eakins rejected gentlemen athletics as his theme. Instead, he took a subject that had been the stuff of illustrated weeklies and the penny press and… — Barry S. Strauss
If aspects of the person remain undigested-cut off, denied, projected, rejected, indulged, or otherwise unassimilated-they become the points around which the core forces of greed,… — Mark Epstein
I don't believe that math and nature respond to democracy. Just because very clever people have rejected the role of the infinite, their collective opinions,… — Janna Levin
Every time you get rejected, say: 'Next!' — Mark Victor Hansen
You can't find intimacy-you can't find home-when you're always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of… — Junot Diaz
Describe the God you've rejected. Describe the God you don't believe in. Maybe I don't believe in that God either. — Timothy Keller
The clarity was startling and Samson wondered whether he was imagining these moments. Not that they hadn't happened at all, but that they had been… — Nicole Krauss
You and I cannot be useful if we want to be sweet as honey in the mouths of men. God will never bless us if… — Charles Spurgeon
I wept when the muse Ulla bent over me. Blinded by tears I could not prevent her from kissing me, I could not prevent the… — Gunter Grass
Each person with his or her history of being accepted or rejected, with his or her past history of inner pain and difficulties in relationships,… — Jean Vanier
As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You… — Augusten Burroughs
If I had to give my younger self some advice, I think it would be that you have to laugh at things-things that scare you,… — Taylor Swift
Once one has rejected faith, it will become impossible for him to enter the gates of Heaven... — SebastiAn
If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to be a more… — Peter Mandelson
Fortunately I've got a weak character, so I never did decide to dedicate myself to only one of my professions. And I'm very glad. After… — Mark Taimanov
Judging is a preemptive attack against that which you most desire - intimacy and acceptance - that is launched before you can be rejected or… — Gary Zukav
I like to joke that I probably hold the world record for rejection letters. Yes, the truth is that I was fed up of being… — Ashwin Sanghi

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