Quotes About Rejection

After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.

You either stand for Jesus or you stand for all that He died to repudiate.

I give thee sixpence! I will see thee damned first.

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.

The result, in Mark's Gospel, is a balanced account of Jesus' mission that in its turn forms the basis for a realistic assessment of what it means to be Jesus' disciple. It is a theology in which rejection and triumph, humiliation and glory, meet in the new scale of values of the Kingdom of God.

You threw him away. Sloppy, Hugh.

What part of no don't you understand?" "The part where I don't get what I want.

He did not fall down to his feet, kiss my shoes, and promise me the world. I must be getting rusty.

Vicki," he said. "Baby . . ." "Don't you call me that, you horrible shithead!

Hugh was abandoned by everyone in his life." Her words rang out. "His parents, his teacher, his surrogate father. They all threw him away. He trusted us. He sacrificed himself to save us. This is his home. I'm his wife. I will not abandon him. Bring the cows.

You two will get along. He's like you." "How's that?" "A big, mean sonovabitch that nobody wants." Ryan realized what he'd blurted out. His face went white.

Aha, no, I'm not giving you any sexy healing.

Arland had abandoned her the first chance he got. What did you expect? Did you expect he would come and take you by the hand and lead you to a seat at the host table? Yes. The answer was yes. Maud didn't expect it, but she wanted it. Stupid.

I have never in my life needed you to loan me money. If I was dead, and the ferryman needed a coin to take me across the river to the afterlife, and you had the only quarter in existence, I'd tell you to stick it up your ass.

I'm formally proposing. The first time it didn't take. Kill me, somebody. Curran! Get Up. People are looking at us.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty." ? Mother Teresa

My God! What is this country doing to me? Because it has rejected me, let us consider it coldly, let us watch it lose the honour and its life.

Nel cuore di ogni uomo e di ogni donna resta una specie di Eden dove non ci sono né morte né guerre, dove le belve e le cerbiatte giocano in pace. Si tratta solo di ritrovare quel paradiso, rifiutando di vedere tutto il resto

They're overexcited, that's obvious. Admirably disciplined and, I think, no rebellion in their hearts. I swear here and now never again to take out my bitterness, no matter how justifiable, on a group of people, whatever their race, religion, convictions, prejudices, errors. I feel sorry for these poor children. But I cannot forgive certain individuals, those who reject me, those who coldly abandon us, those who are prepared to stab you in the back.

My God! what is this country doing to me? Since it is rejecting me, let us consider it coldly, let us watch as it loses its honour and its life. And the other countries? What are they to me? Empires are dying. Nothing matters. Whether you look at it from a mystical or a personal point of view, it's just the same. Let us keep a cool head. Let us harden our heart. Let us wait.

And now she had run into an emptiness more final than any words of rejection. He was gone and would make himself a stranger to her for ever.

Somehow I've always wanted the ones that didn't want me. I'm the absolute queen bee of unrequited love.

I crave for love, everybody does . . . and I've never had a bloody crumb of it—and I've given so much love to people—I can really love people, I can, I let them walk over me—but nobody's ever loved me.

I'm not interested. I never liked him. He's some sort scoundrel.