Quotes About Rejection

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.

Krishna would continue. He would teach Mom that grasping and aversion are twins: They are mirror images of each other. They both involve a rejection of how it is in this moment. The grasping mind says, "I long for that

When the suicide arrived at the sky, the people there asked him: "Why?" He replied: "Because no one admired me.

The short answer to that is 'no.' The long answer is 'fuck no.

Some people just aren't fit for human company."... "And some people just don't want it.

Research shows that Christians are theologically losing the next generation. More than 90 percent of born-again kids today are rejecting the absolute truth their parents embrace. Respected apologist Josh McDowell explains it this way: "You can be the greatest explainer of truth. But if the very heart of your son or daughter does not believe 'my daddy loves me,' they will walk away from your truth."9

As America has rejected God's presence and God's law, America has declined in greatness.

We are a society impatient with its misfits

Humans, unlike Jedi, are powerfully afraid of rejection. We do not survive well alone, so humans as a species are especially vulnerable to thoughts that make us afraid the rest of the "tribe" will desert us to die a sad, lonely death.

I had a hard time at the bank today. I tried to take out a loan, and they pulled a real attitude with me. Apparently, they won't accept the voices in my head as references.

I liked that they had more balls than I ever did to just stand up and say 'Why' or 'No' or 'I don't care if there is a war on and a massive IED threat. I like watermelon so I'm going to steal a car I can't drive and run a Taliban checkpoint in order to go to the market.

The desire of the Holy Spirit to produce the life of love in us and our failure to allow the Spirit to do so has created the basis for the world's rejection of Christianity.

Listen, if you are an entrepreneur who is passionate about your product, but you never ask anyone to buy what you are selling, it will never get sold. Sure, there's a possibility that you can deliver your best sales pitch in your best Sunday suit and they will still say no. But so what? Do you know how many times I've been told no for movie scripts, television shows, and comedy specials? A whole hell of lot more times than I heard yes.

One thing that has impressed me for years-and which was so poignantly displayed in Mel Gibson's gripping film-is the reality that one reason why the religious leaders in Christ's day rejected their Messiah was because they misunderstood the Old Testament prophecies predicting His arrival. Think about it. Because it happened once, couldn't it happen again?

My name has opened doors and slammed doors shut.

I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.

I had doors slammed in my face; I had a lot of news directors who wouldn't give me the time of day. Some told me I wouldn't have a future in the business.

Anybody who's serious about their passion in life gets doors slammed in their face, literally and figuratively.

My father died in 1957, just before I was born. My mother went to her Jewish aunt, who slammed the door in her face.

No... I don't like Slayer.

I do feel like an outsider, but I don't lose any sleep over it.

When I came out, it didn't go well. My dad kicked me out. I ended up sleeping in my car.

People who are stone-cold immovably delusional are probably people that didn't have great relationships and feel slighted.

Something like The Haunting is not worth the slightest consideration from me.