Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

My life I was raised to believe that you should never give in—that you should never give up.

Never give up, no matter what.

Never give up; just absolutely never give up.

You never lose until you actually give up.

However depressed I may be I am not in the habit of giving up a project without having tried everything, even the 'impossible', to gain my end.

And whenever you encounter a problem, no matter how insurmountable it might seem, there is one simple response that should be ingrained in your behavior: Never give up.

Never give up. Never give up. Never give up.

For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never.

I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.

I'm just not a quitter and I just never, ever give up. I was forced to adapt because if I didn't, I was losing inspiration only doing what I was doing.

I see so many people who don't want to try, and I say 'I don't care what I ever do, I never give up at anything anymore.' I don't care what it is, you'll never see me give up.

The world belongs to those who persevere.

There is nothing more certain than the defeat of the man who gives up.

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

A person who refuses to give up will always succeed eventually.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.

Perseverance may be just as important as speed in the battle for the future.

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

I'm glad . . . that Edison didn't give up on the light bulb. That Luther refused to back down. That Michelangelo kept painting. That Lindbergh kept flying.

Giving up was never an option

There is no quit in me.

Never give up on your dream...Perseverance is all important. If you don't have the desire and the belief in yourself to keep trying after you've been told you should quit, you'll never make it.

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

The genius thing that we did was, we didn't give up.