Rejection Quotes - page 3

Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it. (Beth Ditto)

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

Barry Mann

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.

Barry Mann

You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.

Caleb Cushing

As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.

Carol Leifer

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

David Antin

When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard.

David Morrissey

I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of every writer, no matter where we are in our careers.

Dani Shapiro

It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'

Ellen Muth

In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how bad it was and keep going back for more.

Emily Watson

I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly. (Howard Barker)

There's no point in dwelling on rejection.

Isabel Lucas

Don't get discouraged from all the rejection.

Joey King

The biggest hurdle is rejection. Any business you start, be ready for it. The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is the successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don't want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your face, go to door number 11 enthusiastically, with a smile on your face.

John Paul DeJoria

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, learn to work with people and find common ground. That's the way you sell houses... that's also the way you win over constituency.

Johnny Isakson

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason.

Jon Meacham

It's important in show business to have friends who understand the cut and thrust of everyday working life and the constant rejection.

Julian Ovenden

I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long.

Louise Brown

I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.

Laura Kightlinger

But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.

Douglas Wood

I think that you have to believe in your destiny; that you will succeed, you will meet a lot of rejection and it is not always a straight path, there will be detours - so enjoy the view. (Michael York)

The first audition I ever went on, I was accompanied by my mother at the instruction of my father. You have to learn how to take rejection if you really want to be an actor, he said. He had to eat his own words. I got the job.

Michele Lee

You put yourself on the line as a performer, and when people reject you, it's a personal rejection.

Morgan Brittany

As actors, we deal with rejection so much more than any other business. So I don't care how much of a genius you are, if you don't have the propensity to be able to get back up every time you get knocked down, then you're not going to survive.

Ryan Kwanten

You need to develop, somehow, a huge amount of faith and confidence in yourself, because there's a lot of rejection throughout an actor's life and you have to believe in yourself more than anyone else.

Stephen Collins

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