Rejection Quotes

807 Rejection quotes by 600 unique authors

I am good at walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject. — Jeanette Winterson
Rejection, though--it could make the loss of someone you weren't even that crazy about feel gut wrenching and world ending. — Deb Caletti
I sent a lot of publishing ideas to my publisher, about 30 of them. Each time except 3, i got a "rejection letter". This is… — James Dashner
I realized I wasn't going to find a man until I was willing to expose myself to possible harm, to assume the risks of rejection… — Lisa Kleypas
To be a writer is to embrace rejection as a way of life. — Dana Stabenow
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection… — Stephen Colbert
Rejection is a cancer, Edie. It eats away at a person. — Kate Morton
There is no doubt; even a rejection can be the shadow of a caress”. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
I don't want anyone who doesn't want me. — Oprah Winfrey
The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally… — Timothy Keller
The dismaying truth is that birtherism is part of a larger pattern of rejection of reality that has taken hold of intimidating segments of one… — Hendrik Hertzberg
Frankie appreciated both the accolades and the rejections equally, because both meant she'd had an impact. She wasn't a person who needed to be liked… — E. Lockhart
To the warriors of light, there is no such thing as impossible love. They don’t allow themselves to be intimidated by silence, or by rejection.… — Paulo Coelho
A nasty letter or a sarcastic one can make you righteously angry, but what can you do about a polite letter of rejection? Nothing, really,… — E L Konigsburg
We want to believe in the essential, unchanging goodness of people, in their power to resist external pressures, in their rational appraisal and then rejection… — Philip Zimbardo
It seemed as though he gave way all at once; he was so languid that he could not control his thoughts; they would wander to… — Elizabeth Gaskell
I remained a socialist for several years, even after my rejection of Marxism; and if there could be such a thing as socialism combined with… — Karl Popper
When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection. — Stephen Covey
It's obsequious little nicety-nice girls like me who allow assholes to run the world: Miss Harlot O'Harlots, billionaire phony tree huggers, hypocrite drug-snorting, weed-puffing peace… — Chuck Palahniuk
Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think… — Neil Gaiman
The next time you feel rejection's sting, remember God's words to Samuel: "It is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me." (1… — Beth Moore
This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is a precious package. Don't consider it rejected. Consider that you've addressed it… — Barbara Kingsolver
A part of a healthy conscience is being able to confront consciencelessness. When you teach your daughter, explicitly or by passive rejection, that she must… — Martha Stout
Beware of allowing a tactless word, a rebuttal, a rejection to obliterate the whole sky — Anais Nin
When I was growing up, I didn't really know much about being popular or cliques or anything like that. In elementary school and middle school,… — Taylor Swift

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