Quotes About Rejection

To have not succeeded in the world was required to be a source of shame for a person. And yet she suspected that failure in worldly terms was the condition of the majority people of the world. To have been rejected, to have lacked courage, to have tried but failed.

Ever had a woman say no to you, Dmitri?" "Once." He turned the corner with a smile that made her want to cup his face, trace those beautiful lips with her own. "I married her.

Tom is a filthy little pustule. If you quote me, I'll deny it!

Face Guy of Gisbourne? Not likely, not anytime soon, thank you very much.

Indeed, the climate crisis, by presenting our species with an existential threat and putting us on a firm and unyielding science-based deadline, might just be the catalyst we need to knit together a great many powerful movements bound together by a belief in the inherent worth and value of all people and united by a rejection of the sacrifice zone mentality, whether it applies to peoples or to places.

The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system whether political, religious or economic that is rejected by large number of the people they are ruling

I do not care if they do not like me, he said. Maybe then they will let me alone, and I will not have to stay in China. The thought visibly struck him, and his head came up with sudden enthusiasm. If I were very offensive, do you suppose they would go away now? he asked. Laurence, what would be particularly insulting Hammond looked like Pandora, the box open and horrors loose upon the world. Laurence was inclined to laugh, but he stifled it out of sympathy.

and if they were both outcast for the same reason, they might at least have the pleasure of each other's society for compensation.

They looked at me and saw someone out of a story, who might ride by and be stared at, but didn't belong in their lives at all.

I said tensely to the rabbis on that call, "If I were a rabbi and someone wanted to pray with me, I would meet with them in a bus shelter." Soon thereafter the rabbis let me know I that was not a "good fit" for the congregation. My congregation essentially broke up with me, and returned to me my membership dues.

Fear of the competition, fear of the word "no," and just plain pessimism.

No" does not necessarily mean no. One

Great things alone can make a great mind, and petty things will make a petty mind unless a man rejects them as completely alien.

No tienes que hacer nada para caer bien o mal. O te acepta o te tira de lado.

Madurar no es más que el proceso de descubrir que todo aquello que creías cuando eras joven es falso y que, a su vez, todo cuanto rechazabas creer en tu juventud resulta ser cierto.

Doros?o?? nie jest niczym wi?cej ni? tylko odkrywaniem, ?e wszystko, w co wierzy?e?, kiedy by?e? m?ody, to fa?sz, a z kolei wszystko to, co w m?odo?ci odrzuca?e?, teraz okazuje si? prawd?.

Why should we reduce faith to an act of rejection and blind obedience? Is it not possible to believe in values of acceptance, of harmony?

Isabella, if you really want to devote yourself to writing, or at least to writing something others will read, you're going to have to get used sometimes to being ignored, insulted and despised, and almost always to being considered with indifference. It comes with the territory.

I'd always say to her, 'All right, if you don't invite me, I won't go,' and she'd answer, 'I don't need to invite you to my home, Father. One only invites strangers.

We should not forego innovation, but reject novelty as the sole aim.

Everyone seated at the table stared at Mimi and the kids. They did not speak nor give them any form of recognition or welcome to join them. How dangerous can a grandmother and four kids look? Christina whispered to Alex, who giggled.

out there in Hollywood and couldn't find a job

The officer said No and his mother was frantic.

Men trust God by risking rejection. Women trust God by waiting.