Burt Reynolds Quotes

I was able to overcome my failures because I was always confident of my abilities and was sure I could achieve what I had set out for.

No failure is final unless you ratify it.

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage.

I remember everyone telling me I had to think positive when I was writing my first book. If I believed I could do it, then I could! If I pictured myself published, then it was going to happen! Which sounded great, except...could I do it? If I didn't think I could, was I doomed to fail? What if I was almost totally sure I would fail? I am here to tell you-what matters is sticking with it.

Success is seldom achieved by people who contemplate the possibility of failure

I might look successful but I've made many mistakes. People take their failures too seriously. You have to be positive and believe you will find success next time.

Stop thinking of failing.

He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

Failure is a word unknown to me.

When you believe in your dream and your vision, then it begins to attract its own resources. No one was born to be a failure.

I'm going to mess up. But I'm going to get back, you know, and get after it and try to do better the next day.

I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.

There will be some things I do well and things I do wrong. But I keep coming. Playing with heart. That's going to help me continue to grow.

I have to believe that if I keep doing what I'm doing, the results will reflect that, and I'll give myself plenty more opportunities to win.

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.

True hopefulness and optimism is what leads one to dare. It is also what lifts one back up to dare again after a failed attempt.

It's not OK to fail. It's that things can fail and absolutely will go wrong - just keep trying, keep trying, keep trying.

Even before I really started, no one said I would make it. But I always had belief.

You have to believe in yourself and believe in what you are doing all the time.

If you go out there with doubts or unsure what's going to happen, it's not going to go your way.

If you miss 10 in a row, you have to believe the next 10 are going to fall for you.

Failure is a word I don't accept.

You keep on going if you fail.

Fall forward. Here's what I mean: Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 times in his career - the most in the history of baseball. But you don't hear about the strikeouts. People remember the home runs. Fall forward. Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments. Did you know that? I didn't either - because number 1,001 was the light bulb. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.