Top 57 Rejection Quotes

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Rejection is a part of life. However, it is not always easy to deal with. With that in mind, check out the top 57 rejection quotes to help you get through it.

#57 – 50. Rejection Quotes

57. Rejected pieces aren’t failures; unwritten pieces are. – Greg Daugherty

56. Dear to us are those who love us… but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a heaven before us whereof we had not dreamed, and thereby supply to us new powers out of the recesses of the spirit, and urge us to new and unattempted performances. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

55. Rejection is merely a redirection; a course correction to your destiny. – Bryant McGill

54. My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. – Maya Angelou

53. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.– Confucius

52. Rejection isn’t a sign that something is wrong for you it’s a sign that they’re wrong for you. – Sonya Parker

51. Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. – Marcus Aurelius

50. Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.- Og Mandino

#49 – 40. Rejection Quotes

49. There’s nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself. – James Lee Burke

48. You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.- C. S. Lewis

47. It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected. – Robert Genn

46. I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean

45. Rejection doesn’t have to mean you aren’t good enough; it often just means the other person failed to notice what you have to offer. – Ash Sweeney

44. Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected. – Eartha Kitt

43. A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success. – Bo Bennett

42. Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

41. Learn to eat rejection; it will make you stronger. – Bob Ragland

40. Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.- Theodore Roosevelt

#39 – 30. Rejection Quotes

39. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt

38. Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserted. – Jonathan Raban

37. A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear is the booing. – Lance Armstrong

36. Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’! – Audrey Hepburn

35. 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 fate… but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins. – Franz Kafka

34. Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work. – James Lee Burke

33. I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat. – Sylvester Stallone

32. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. – Walt Disney

31. The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

30. We are always afraid to ask because we aren’t afraid of the answer but the feeling of rejection. – Anna R.

#29 – 20. Rejection Quotes

29. The effects of rejection can either kill your muse or change your life. – Jane Champagne

28. We keep going back, stronger, not weaker, because we will not allow rejection to beat us down. It will only strengthen our resolve. To be successful there is no other way. – Earl G. Graves

27 always feel like rejection is my petrol. That’s what keeps me going. – Laura Kightlinger

26. It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. – Aristotle

25. Oh, great reviews are the worst. They mislead you more than the bad ones, because they only fuel your ego. Then you only want another one, like potato chips or something, and the best thing you get is fat and bloated. I’d rather just refuse, thanks. – Chazz Palminteri

24. What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.- Ralph Marston

23. The secret of getting ahead is getting started.- Mark Twain

22. Negation is the mind’s first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us. – E. M. Cioran

21. Human rejection can be God’s divine protection. – Paula Hendricks

20. Rejection gives you more power to push forward. – Jeremy Limn

#19 – 10. Rejection Quotes

19. You get used to the rejection and you don’t take it personally. – Daniel Craig

18. In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. – Nikos Kazantazkis

17. Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don’t base your self-esteem on their opinions. – Harvey Mackay

16. Artistic rejection is like taking cod liver oil; they say it’s good for you, you know they’re right, but it can be still tough to swallow. – Ian Semple

15. Any man who does not accept the conditions of human life sells his soul. – Charles Baudelaire

14. Each rejection brings us closer to acceptance. – Ramesh Lohia

13. Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.- Og Mandino

12. Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. – Francis of Assisi

11. In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void. – Ursula K. LeGuin

10. Rejection is part of the game. Or rather, rejection is part of the profession. A profession which at times can feel like a game. – Robin Black

#9 – 1. Rejection Quotes

9. Rejection can disappoint you, depress you and may even stop you in your tracks… learn not to take rejection so personally… if you’re honest with yourself and believe in your work, others will too. – Bev Jozwiak

8. A clear rejection is always better than a fake promise. – Rihanna A Mohammed

7. Rejection is the sand in the oyster, the irritation that ultimately produces the pearl. – Burke Wilkinson

6. Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. – Vince Lombardi

5. Dear to us are those who love us but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a heaven before us whereof we had not dreamed, and thereby supply to us new powers out of the recesses of the spirit. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

4. To be no part of any body, is to be nothing. – John Donne

3. We know what we are, but know not what we may be. – William Shakespeare

2. Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.- Swami Sivananda

1. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.- Charles R. Swindoll

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