Rejection Quotes

807 Rejection quotes by 600 unique authors

Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics.… — Stephen Colbert
The plague of mankind is the fear and rejection of diversity: monotheism, monarchy, monogamy and, in our age, monomedicine. The belief that there is only… — Thomas Szasz
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science. — Gary Zukav
To be shocked at how deeply rejection hurts is to ignore what acceptance involves. We must never allow our suffering to be compounded by suggestions… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and true. Day in,… — Timothy Egan
When you can't figure out what to do, it's time for a nap. — Mason Cooley
I can see that I imagine all kinds of rejection that never happens. I can see that I beg and plead for love that is… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
The denunciation of injustice implies the rejection of the use of Christianity to legitimize the established order. — Gustavo GutiÃ©rrez
The story is always better than your ability to write it. — Robin McKinley
Contemplation in the age of Auschwitz and Dachau, Solovky and Karaganda is something darker and more fearsome than contemplation in the age of the Church… — Thomas Merton
I love my rejection slips. They show me I try. — Sylvia Plath
Levin scowled. The humiliation of his rejection stung him to the heart, as though it were a fresh wound he had only just received. But… — Leo Tolstoy
It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die. — Chuck Palahniuk
Rejection is one thing - but rejection from a fool is cruel. — Steven Morrissey
I kept running around it in large or small circles, always looking for someone or something able to convince me of my Belovedness. Self-rejection is… — Henri Nouwen
When we heard about the hippies, the barely more than boys and girls who decided to try something different ... we laughed at them. We… — June Jordan
And an inky-colored despair of rejection enveloped me like the black tortilla of depression around a pain burrito. — Christopher Moore
Atheism and agnosticism signify the rejection of certain images and concepts of God or of truth, which are historically conditioned and therefore inadequate. Atheism is… — Bede Griffiths
We're taught that in life, we should try to look on the bright side. Not in this case. In this case, assume rejection first. Assume… — Greg Behrendt
Today is the first of August. It is hot, steamy and wet. It is raining. I am tempted to write a poem. But I remember… — Sylvia Plath

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