James Purefoy Quotes

Don't get discouraged from all the rejection.

When the time came to make a decision about what do in life, I found myself thinking that acting was the thing I loved to do, so I applied to drama school. And then, I didn't get in - twice.

My thing with failure, just forget about it and get up and do it again.

Once I failed in cricket, I joined a law course, but when it also did not work out, it was another setback. When you get back-to-back failures, you automatically start to work harder in life.

Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

With failure, you just try again.

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

Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.

Being brave is what led to three rejections from Yale Law School before being accepted. It led to losing my 2010 race for U.S. Congress, and another failed bid for public office in 2013, this time for public advocate of New York City.

People strike out. I strike out a lot - it happens. Just got to keep working.

The hardest thing to do is to fail and keep pushing at the same time.

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

I received rejection letters for ten years (one on a napkin, written in crayon.) I had all my rejection notices stored in a box. When the box was finally full I took it to the curb and set it on fire. The next day I went out and got a temp job.

I had my years of struggling. Some of my shows failed miserably, and I was upset by it and it dented my confidence. But I never stopped. I kept going for it.

The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up.

You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.

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

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

Success is never final, but failure can be.

If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder.

A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.

It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.

When you get punched, you have to get up. You have no other choice. If you don't, you're not going to grow, you're not going to get better as a player.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.