Jess Walter Quotes

Failure is a stepping-stone to greatness.

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection.

The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.

I am getting some good offers still. Some nice things are coming my way just as they always have, so unless I lose my inspiration or there is too much drool to wipe, I will keep going.

I think that my biggest role models are people that have maybe struggled for a while and then finally gotten to their destination.

We all start in this medium because of the magic and the challenge is to keep it going.

Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.

Stopping before you reach the goal does not make the discouragement go away. All it does is make the discouragement permanent. Instead, keep going, keep making the attempt, until you make that last, fulfilling attempt that brings the success you desire.

The most successful people in the world are people who were rejected more than anybody else.

Disappointments will come and go, but discouragement is a choice that you make.

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem--he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

The difficulties of life do not keep you from greatness. They show you to its door.

I'm just not a quitter and I just never, ever give up. I was forced to adapt because if I didn't, I was losing inspiration only doing what I was doing.

The great lesson about filmmaking is never take "no" for an answer, especially if you have a lot of passion and inspiration to do something.

Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.

I do strongly feel that among the greatest pieces of luck for high achievement is ordeal. Certain great artists can make out without it, Titian and others, but mostly you need ordeal. My idea is this: the artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business: Beethoven's deafness, Goya's deafness, Milton's blindness, that kind of thing.

If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.

Don't bury your failures, let them inspire you.

Give yourself an impossible task and solve it - then you've got a really good story.

Desire and determination must overcome disappointment.

Working inspires inspiration. Keep working. If you succeed, keep working. If you fail, keep working. If you are interested, keep working. If you are bored, keep working.

Failure is where success likes to hide in plain sight.

Failure is just success rounded down.