Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

The fact that you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time you remained down is important.

Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.

What separates the winners from the losers is that winners are able to handle problems and crises that they never imagined would occur. You hit the floor, but what counts is how fast you can get up and regroup. Failure is simply part of the equation.

There is a vast difference between failure and temporary defeat.

If you have a setback, and you're not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sticks with you. You know it could happen again.

One loss is not the end of my career.

When you get knocked down, you got to get backup. Otherwise, you are going to lose.

You don't lose because of one play.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it

A long list. From getting cut from the high school basketball team, to getting fired from jobs, getting credit cards rejected and cut up. Rejection has only been a distraction, not a roadblock. “Every no gets me closer to a yes,” was the saying I used to use.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.

I think maybe everyone falls... I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

Life is a series of relapses and recoveries.

Failure is a stepping stone to success.

You know you're going to get burned from time to time. It's just part of the game. So when it happens you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and forget about it because they're about to snap the ball again.

When things go wrong, don't go with them.

What defines us is how well we rise after we fall.

No matter how well prepared you are in life, you're gonna fall down a hole, and if you can fix the frayed ends of things, then you're better off.

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.

There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on.

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

It is important when you are losing to come back and not get beat.