Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Quotes

I showed that I can not get frustrated, that I could come from behind, that I can trade, if need-be.

You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want using whatever life gives you along the way.

One of the tests that I frequently use in an interaction is I push on the idea and what I'm looking for is both flexibility & persistence.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

You have to play the cards you are dealt and if it has made it harder, it doesn't matter, you still have to get the deal done.

Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while.

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

How you handle the obstacles has a big impact on how you do. If you give up, then you obviously don't get there, but if you're persistent, and you keep thinking of new ways to approach the business, you're more likely to reach your goal.

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.

If you want something, and you find an obstacle, you need to get over it. By any means necessary.

I think what I learned is that just because somebody says you can't talk to them or just because somebody says they don't have an answer for you, you don't stop.

What I've learned is, there's not just one way to achieve a goal. There can be obstacles along the way and it's how you learn from that that will really make you a success.

If something doesn't go your way, then look for another way. If something's broken, fix it.

If you're trying to avoid one move that you don't think is going to work out, don't then settle for a different move that maybe doesn't check all the boxes. Be true to the philosophy and understand the bigger picture. There's always another day to fight.

You know you can usually solve almost any problem, or you'll realize you can't, but usually you can solve almost any problem through some sort of trickery one way or another and get the shot to work, but you know when to give up.

If the first plan which you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan; if this new plan fails to work, replace it in turn with still another, and so on, until you find a plan which does work. Right here is the point at which the majority of men meet with failure, because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side.

We should never change our minds about where we are going, but always be curious about different ways to get there.

I haven't gotten stuck with something because I just keep going, and I keep doing different things.

You can bend but never break me. Cause it only serves to make me more determined to achieve my final goal.

Life is an obstacle course. You succeed at one thing and then you move on to the next. When an obstacle is tough, you try harder. When an obstacle is insurmountable, you change course. But you never sit down and refuse to finish.

When one approach is not working to reach the desired goal, that's not a reason to abandon the goal. Instead, it is time to devise another approach.

I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I want.

The thing about inventing is you have to be both stubborn and flexible. The hard part is figuring out when to be which.

Nothing is really broke, so it's not like I can fix it. I just have to keep trying to find what I'm looking for.