Patrick White Quotes

While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.

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

Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work which is why you need to be persistent.

Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.

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.

Every new invention is like a baby. You think it may cure cancer or become the president, but in the end, you're happy it just stays out of jail.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

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.

The sweetest two words are 'next time.' The sourest word is 'if.'

Some actors couldn't figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.

There are times when I think, 'I'm going to get this part. I know I am. I'm going to get this.' And then I don't, and I'm wondering, 'What happened? I went back five times!'

Fingers crossed, you'll hear a lot more of me.

My story is one of ups and downs. It's made up of tastes of success and a lot more rejection.

It can be heart-breaking when you don't get something you really want, but there's always the next time.

The best advice my dad ever gave me is, ‘No does not mean never. It just means not yet.’ So not every audition, you’re gonna get but as long as you know it wasn’t meant for you then you’ll get the next one.

The triumph of hope over experience.

Isana felt her throat tighten. "We failed." Serai lifted her chin and patted Isana's arm firmly. "We have not yet succeeded. There is a difference.

Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail, but every day is a clean slate and a fresh opportunity.

I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.

Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.

When you go to an audition, don't hang on to it because no matter how well you feel it went or how badly, you just never know what the outcome is going to be.

Rejection is part of the process, so you can't let it crush you. My first three novels never made it into publication, but my fourth, 'Sheltering Rain,' was translated into 11 languages.

Words can't describe how one would feel in that moment after doing a test for something you really want but in your heart you don't think you have a chance of getting.

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