Joan Lunden Quotes

There's always a way. Where there's a will there is a way. You have to believe.

You have many options in life, never make giving up one of them

Don’t ever give up. Don’t see the obstacles, just the way around them. For me, of course it looked improbable, but not impossible. So as long as there was a way, I would not be discouraged.

No one is mocked with the yearning for that which he has no ability to attain. If he holds the right mental attitude and struggles earnestly, honestly toward his goal, he will reach it, or at least approximate to it.

Never permit failure to become a habit.

If you never give up, you'll be successful.

Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don't give up.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

Dreams can still come true; you need a great deal of energy and determination, and a little bit of luck.

You just have to believe in yourself when you've got something, and just keep pounding on the door, because if you pound long enough, somebody is going to open it.

The best advice I ever got - and it's the best advice I'd give anybody - is just don't believe the word 'no.' Be persistent. Persevere. Keep going. Never, ever, ever give up.

Anything is possible. My background is a bad background, but a lot of people said I couldn't do it. You can do anything if you put your mind to it.

I just got to keep competing and keep believing.

If you can't do something today, it will happen tomorrow or day after. If you are physically healthy and keep trying to achieve your goals, you will achieve what you want sooner or later.

Every 'no' I ever received was an inch closer to a 'yes.'

As long as you're clear about your goal, failures don't mean it's not going to work.

Remove failure as an option.

Bring into reality the possibility of the improbable by acquiring a positive mental attitude. Say to yourself, as Henry Ford said to his engineers, "Keep working!"

Believing something can be done sets the mind in motion to find a way to do it.

I had to overcome many things, many people telling me no. If you want it, and you believe in it, you have to do it. And I know it’s silly, and I know I’m kind of irrationally optimistic, but you have to be and you can’t really have another plan, because you’re going to fall back on it.

Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.

Every rep I did on chin-ups, on squats with 500 pounds, I never said, to myself, 'Oh, my God, another rep.' I said, 'Yes, another rep, because that will make my dream turn into a reality.'

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

Nothing is ever a setback. If anything, it just motivates you for what's next.