Tennessee Williams Quotes

Wally Amos is the classic example of a man who gets up again and again.

When I hear people boo, that just makes me want to go out there and work harder.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

If I went by all the rejection I've had in my career, I should have given up a long time ago.

Every time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it's motivation.

I was always told that I was too small, too skinny, too slow, not tough enough, and I never ever believed what people told me.

I just never, ever want to give up. Most battles are won in the 11th hour, and most people give up. If you give up once, it's quite hard. If you give up a second time, it's a little bit easier. Give up a third time, it's starting to become a habit.

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

The only lost cause is one we give up on before we enter the struggle.

I still take losing out very seriously. But it inspires me that much more to move on. Quite often in my business, it's not the most talented people that succeed. Because they don't necessarily have the tenacity to deal with rejection.

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

I pity the fool who just gives up.

You can see that all these people who did really great things failed six times or didn't get going until they were much older. I think that's much more instructive and educational.

I believe in never giving up, no matter what the odds. My mantra is, 'Failure is temporary. Giving up is permanent.'

I left my band on my own, and it took me a long time to find major success again - almost a decade. And everything that didn't happen during that time just motivated me to do better.

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

When people talk trash about me and doubt me, I just use it as motivation.

The more people that write me off, the stronger I get.

You have haters from all walks of life. I could care less who wants me to fail. They inspire me.

After I lost in 2018, I told everyone that it just gave me jet fuel, and that when I come back, I'm coming back full throttle.

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