Julia Roberts Quotes

I will not fail,' the water bearer's daughter vowed. 'But worse than failing is not to try at all. For then there can be no hope of success.

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.

I was turned down by every record label in L.A. Perseverance is three quarters of the game. Talent's only a quarter. Being able to withstand the word 'no' over and over can build you a pretty tough skin. I knew if I just kept at it, at the very least I'd get better at my craft.

To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never face the facts.

The biggest hurdle is rejection. Any business you start, be ready for it. The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is the successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don't want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your face, go to door number 11 enthusiastically, with a smile on your face.

You always think, no matter how many times you fail, that the next time you will succeed. Otherwise you wouldn't keep trying.

Don't be afraid to fail. You're going to go on a million auditions, and most of them you won't get. It's very easy to think, 'This is not going to work for me,' but keep at it. It's very generic advice, but you have to be willing to keep yourself in the game.

Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.

The starkest rejection letter might be followed by a million-dollar advance. Don't let rejection start to look the same as failure.

You have to be determined, and be able to accept, 'No.' I've heard, 'No,' a thousand times, and I've heard, 'Yes,' a handful of times.

Corky is the one who never gives up. I never gave up. He faces obstacles, and he couldn't always reach his goals. But he tries to reach his dreams.

Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying.

I didn't get a pilot slot my first time trying. We Texans don't give up easy, and everything we've accomplished is just the beginning.

I've experienced a lot of successes. I've experienced a lot of failures. I've been able to get back up on my feet and keep going.

A lot of people have been rejected and they just give up. I have never had that mentality.

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

The successes in the entertainment business are like one percent of the iceberg that you see, and the other ninety-nine percent, which is the rejection and the failure and the work and the toil and the sacrifice, is the rest of the iceberg that's below the water.

Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up. We never gave in. We never became bitter. We didn't hate. We continued to press on. And that's what we're saying: There are some ups, there are some downs, and when you're not down, you must have the capacity and the ability to get up and keep going.

It matters if you don't just give up.

I'm never a failure, unless I quit trying, and neither are you.

I'm going to keep going until I succeed — or die. Don't think I don't know how this might end. I've known it for years.

Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm.

Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.

A lot of times, people say that if you work hard and never give up, it will always work out, which is a great message. However, that's not always the case.

You might look at my CV and see I've had 12 jobs, but I've been to over 450 auditions so I've heard 'no' a lot more than I've heard 'yes'. So if I go in looking only to meet my own standards, then that will make taking that rejection a little bit easier. And when I do get that job it will seem like icing on the cake.