Evel Knievel Quotes

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.

Failure isn't failure unless you just stop with that.

Never permit failure to become a habit.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

I don't think something is a failure if you put your all into it. I'm a big fan of the saying, "Nothing beats a failure but a try."

I'm never a failure, unless I quit trying, and neither are you.

There are no failures, only quitters.

Failing is not the worst thing in the world; quitting is

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.

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

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

In life we have many disappointments. Those who go on to greater things dwell on the disappointments briefly and then move on

You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you’re screwed.

My mother was a continual source of wisdom and great advice...she taught me that there is always a way around a problem-you've just got to find it. Keep trying doors; one will eventually open. She also taught me to accept failure as part and parcel of life. It's not the opposite of success; it's an integral part of success. I talk a lot about learning to become fearless in your approach to life. But fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's all about getting up one more time than you fall down.

When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

If you don't succeed at first, there's no need for the F word (Failure). Pick yourself up and try, try again.

A winner is just someone who doesn't give up when they lose.

Failure is not falling down but staying down.

A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to.

If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. If YOU fail, are you going to try again? The human spirit can handle much worse than we realize. It matters HOW you are going to FINISH. Are you going to finish strong?

When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.

The greatest failure is not to try. Had I listened to all the people during the course of my life who said, "You can't. You'll fail. It won't work. You don't have...," I wouldn't be here today.

Don’t have a fall back, because if you do, you’ll fall back.

You know, sometimes people never get to learn how successful they could have been because they give up too easily. If I've learned one thing in all my years in the business, it's that often things don't work out the way you want at first. But that doesn't mean you should give up.