Grant Shapps Quotes

I am determined to make the most of this life that I have, damn it - it's that kind of stubbornness I think we all need more of.

Do I believe in giving up? No, I don't.

I'm happy 'bout life. Still trying. I ain't giving up on life.

You just can't beat the person who never gives up.

I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.

I've seen a lot of highs and a lot of lows with this team, and one thing I've learned is that even though you have lows, you're not going to have them forever, so you've got to keep fighting.

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

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.

I am a stubborn optimist: I was born an optimist and will remain an optimist.

I'm an optimist, and I'll stay in situations for much longer than I should, just thinking that they'll work themselves out.

Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.

I didn't get in to 'Strictly' the first time, but my determination and enthusiasm shone through and got me a job on the show the following year. Don't give up and turn the no's and setbacks into a positive!

You can't count me out.

I've always seen myself as a winner, even as a kid. If I hadn't, I just might have gone down the drain a couple of times. I've got something inside of me, peasantlike and stubborn, and I'm in it 'til the end of the race.

I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling & laughing.

But I was still alive, and in my book, where there's life, there's hope.

Never lose hope, be persistent and stubborn and never give up. There are many instances in history where apparent losers suddenly turn out to be winners unexpectedly, so you should never conclude all hope is lost.

No hardy perennial has the enduring quality of hope. Cut it to the roots, stamp it underfoot, let frost and fire work their will, and still some valiant shoot will push, to grow again on such scanty fare as it can find. Only time and the cruel quicklime of fact can destroy that stubborn urgency.

I refuse to take no for an answer on anything.

The dramas that I worked on were successful, but not the movies. I still have many opportunities, and I will not be discouraged.

Nothing bothers me. You can set my hair on fire, I'm still going to go. I'm just one of those guys.

I've never quit anything in my life.

I just refuse to lose.

My nature is such that even if I failed 9,999 times, I'll attempt for the 10,000th time again.

Sport has made me realise that you have to be stubborn and to persevere to get the results. It might take longer in politics, but once you have the right goal and desire, you will reach it.