Embracing Rejection: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes

"Success is buried on the other side of rejection."

- Tony Robbins

"There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits."

- Michael Phelps

"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."

- Og Mandino

"Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

- St. Francis of Assisi

"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go."

- William Feather

"If you’re going through hell, keep going."

- Winston Churchill

"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

"Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection."

- Tavis Smiley

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."

- Booker T. Washington

"A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success."

- Bo Bennett

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Believe you can and you’re halfway there."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."

- Charles R. Swindoll

"Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better."

- Sasha Grey

"Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding."

- Jim Valvano

"Successful people reject rejection."

- John C. Maxwell

"Energy and persistence conquer all things."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

- Michael Jordan

"Rejection welcomes redirection which can lead to reinvention."

- Sasha Laghonh

"Giving up is the birthplace of regret."

- Deshauna Barber

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

- Sylvester Stallone

"Don't let anyone, or any rejection, keep you from what you want."

- Ashley Tisdale

"Sometimes you need to get knocked down before you can really figure out what your fight is and how you need to fight it."

- Chadwick Boseman

"Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I built my life."

- J.K. Rowling

"If you aren’t getting rejected on a daily basis, your goals aren’t ambitious enough."

- Chris Dixon

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

- Robert F. Kennedy

"There is no education like adversity."

- Benjamin Disraeli

"Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Success is 99% failure."

- Soichiro Honda

"Rejections will redirect you to more exciting roads. When you think your life is falling apart, it’s usually falling together in disguise."

- Charlotte Eriksson

"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."

- Moliere

"Rejection is the sand in the oyster, the irritation that ultimately produces the pearl."

- Burke Wilkinson

"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."

- Napoleon Hill

"A clear rejection is always better than a fake promise."

- Zig Ziglar

"It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer."

- Albert Einstein

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

- Lao Tzu

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

- C.S. Lewis

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

- Oprah Winfrey

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

- Aristotle

"Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional."

- Roger Crawford

"Achieving success is a challenge but so is struggling so you may as well choose success."

- Rob Liano

"Worry never accomplishes anything. When you have a problem, it is best to concentrate on the solution to that problem, not the problem itself."

- Thomas D. Willhite

"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity."

- Lou Holtz

"If you live for people’s acceptance, you will die from their rejection."

- Lecrae

"Success is performing to the limit of your potential."

- Bobby Knight

"Yesterday I dared to struggle, today I dare to win."

- Bernadette Devlin

"You have to learn to take rejection not as an indication of personal failing but as a wrong address."

- Ray Bradbury

"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

"Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection."

- John Powell

"Learn to eat rejection; it will make you stronger."

- Bob Ragland

"If rejection destroys your self-esteem, you’re letting others hold you as an emotional hostage."

- Brian Tracy

"Rejection doesn’t mean you aren’t good enough; it means the other person failed to notice what you have to offer."

- Mark Amend

"Acceptance, under someone else’s terms, is worse than rejection."

- Mary Cassatt

"Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men."

- Martha Graham

"Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on."

- Henry Rollins

"There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself."

- James Lee Burke

"If you aren’t ready for rejection, you aren’t ready for love."

- Marty Rubin

"Those who rejected you were preparing you for those who would accept you."

- Matshona Dhliwayo

"Your big opportunity may be right where you are now."

- Napoleon Hill

"An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information."

- Bo Bennett

"Actors search for rejection. If they don’t get it they reject themselves."

- Charlie Chaplin

"Even though a “YES” sounds better sometimes a “NO” is more important."

- Sope Agbelusi

"If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment."

- Henry David Thoreau

"If a circle shuts you out, draw a circle around it."

- Marty Rubin

"Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth."

- Zig Ziglar

"A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it."

"Never fear rejection for a life of regretting."

- Anonymous

"Rejection is not the end. Just a step on the path."

- Anonymous

"Every rejection is an opportunity to grow stronger and more determined."

"Do not let the opinions of others consume you. Their rejection doesn’t define your truth."

"A wall that protects you from rejection will also hinder love and success."

- Unknown

"Rejection can break you or build you—the choice is always yours."

"Sometimes rejection is a blessing in disguise; it pushes you toward something better."

"You are not responsible for someone else’s inability to accept you. Your worth is non-negotiable."