Charles Bukowski Quotes

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.

I'd faced a lot of rejection from labels and the industry, and it was getting hard to keep believing in myself. But something wouldn't let me - inside - I had this voice that was relentlessly hopeful, and honestly, I just loved performing and writing too much to ever really quit.

Do not let your fire go out.

It's still in my heart. I can do it.

People throw in the towel because they don't know how to fight. You'd be surprised how much fight you have in you if you just do it.

One must never let the fire go out in one's soul, but keep it burning.

I think a mantra I always told myself is, "No matter how many times somebody pitches the ball at you, if you swing every time, eventually one of them is going to connect." Being yourself and persistence are two things that became my daily mantras, I suppose.

I've always kept that same hunger because I understand that this game isn't promised. I hadn't been here long enough to understand that when it's taken from you, you have to be hungry to get back out there and play and hopefully this year will be that year for me.

My advice to you is never stop believing.

Obstacles are merely a call to strengthen your resolve to achieve your worthwhile goals.

Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who you are.

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.

Though perseverance does not come from our power, yet it comes within our power.

Get yourself prepared, educationally and emotionally, and develop mental toughness. Don't ever give up.

Failure isn't really an option because, as my grandmother used to say, "Nothing beats a failure but a try."

You're going through college, and you're going to be faced with a lot of things. You're going to face adversity, the main thing is don't quit. For many people it's easy to quit, but don't. That's what separates the winners from the losers, what separates the all-stars from the also-rans.

The world loves to tell you how difficult things are, and the world's not exaggerating. But difficult doesn't mean impossible, and out of the bajillions of things in this universe that you can't control, what you can control is how hard you try, and if or when to pack it in.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

It's harder to stay strong than it is to give up. Giving up doesn't get you anywhere.. Only makes you weak.

Your persistence is, in fact, the true measure of your belief in yourself and your ability to succeed. Each time that you persist in the face of adversity and disappointment, you build the habit of persistence.

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.

Never give up on the things that make you smile.

The darker the night, the nearer the dawn. Victory in life is decided by that last concentrated burst of energy filled with the resolve to win.

I feel like you can hope and dream and wish, but until you do, nothing is going to happen. So whatever you're passionate about, whatever your hopes and dreams are, you have to go full-steam ahead. But of course I have my moments where I'm trying so hard, and it never seems to break through. It's always when you want to give up that something's going to happen, right? So you just can't give up.