Edgar Guest Quotes

Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

You do not need to let anything get you down, but if you are down you certainly need not let anything keep you down.

Determination, with an optimistic attitude is the key to success.

Keep your morale high, in spite of setbacks. At the end you are bound to succeed.

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

I never listened to people who said I wasn't going to make it.

There are a lot of people who came out of adverse situations and made it. Use it as motivation. Use it to drive you.

I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.

There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.

If you face life without confidence in your own powers, you succumb too easily to setbacks and adversity; you lack the will to persevere.

When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

After people become convinced they have what it takes to succeed, they persevere in the face of adversity and quickly rebound from setbacks. By sticking it out through tough times, they emerge stronger from adversity.

Will is what can make you succeed when your thoughts tell you that you're defeated.

You have many options in life, never make giving up one of them

Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.

With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gains

It's kind of hard to keep going sometimes but you just have to believe in what you are and what you can do and that's the way to success.

When you get knocked down, don't stay down; get back up again. Nothing good is going to happen as long as you're down on yourself.

My secret to survival has been embracing life's challenges and not letting them dictate my frame of mind or determine my fate... Learning to stand strong in the face of challenge and adversity is the only way to get through the tough times.

Every year it's been people saying I can't do this or I can't do that. Y'all will see something different, I can tell you that.

Expect rejection, but expect even more strongly to overcome it.

You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest. Except when you don't. Because, sometimes, you won't.

If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome.