Rejection Quotes

807 Rejection quotes by 600 unique authors

Yes, I think especially the Pentecostal churches, you know, that there's been such a growth in Pentecostalism. And it's a rejection of the much more… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But… — Albert Ellis
At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side, and the ignorant rejection of theory altogether on the other… — Havelock Ellis
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it. — W.C. Fields
Some actors couldn't figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. — Harrison Ford
Punk was a protest against work and against boredom. It was a sign of life, a rant, a scream, a rejection of bourgeois morals. But… — Tom Hodgkinson
I don't really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection. — Nicholas Hoult
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. — Thomas Huxley
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. — Lee Iacocca
Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others. — Daisaku Ikeda
Real estate sales was perfect training for the experience to go into public life because you learn to accept rejection, learn to meet new people,… — Johnny Isakson
Everyone fears rejection. — Derek Jeter
I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection. — Billy Joel
Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his… — Franz Kafka
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards. — Arthur Koestler
How one hates to think of oneself as alone. How one avoids it. It seems to imply rejection or unpopularity. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent… — Walter Lippmann
There's no point in dwelling on rejection. — Isabel Lucas
Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions. — Harvey Mackay

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