Madelyn Cline Quotes

I can never forget my early days, when I was running from pillar to post to get chance to exhibit my prowess at higher level, but no one was ready to give me a break.

I had my years of struggling. Some of my shows failed miserably, and I was upset by it and it dented my confidence. But I never stopped. I kept going for it.

Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I will still make it!

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.

On my tombstone it will say: 'I tried everything - nothing was easy.'

I was rejected by casting directors during the day. I attended class in the evening, then rode 90 miles on the train home.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

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

You go up for hundreds, thousands of roles, and you get told no, no, no, so many times.

My first show was called 'I Know I've Been Changed' in '92. I tried to do this show for years and years. It kept failing over and over and over again. Every time I went out to do the show, nobody showed up. I was like, 'What is this about?'

I refuse to lose this race because I didn't have enough money.

I had my years of struggling. Some of my shows failed miserably, and I was upset by it, and it dented my confidence. But I never stopped. I kept going for it. And when I returned to New York from Los Angeles, I mean, it was make it or not - that was my last chance. And what a great chance it was, to make it in my own hometown.

The hardest thing to do is to fail and keep pushing at the same time.

I never got picked for the athletics team for about three years. I was in my third year, and I really wanted to join, and I kept basically knocking on the door of the PE coach. 'Can I join? Can I join?' He's like, 'No... No.' And then one day, he's like, 'Okay, you want to race? Cool. We have a free spot for you. You're gonna be doing the 400.'

Getting cut four separate times really never stopped me.

I tell people that the best thing that can ever happen to you is getting fired, and you can either sink or swim, and I swam like hell. The reason why I swam the way I swam was because there was nothing else for me.

I received rejection letters for ten years (one on a napkin, written in crayon.) I had all my rejection notices stored in a box. When the box was finally full I took it to the curb and set it on fire. The next day I went out and got a temp job.

Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

Most people with a big idea, great talent and/or something to say don't get lucky at first. Or second. Or even third. It's so easy to conclude that if you're not lucky, you're not good. So persistence becomes an essential element of good, because without persistence, you never get a chance to get lucky.

The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.

I tried, it was hard, I quit, the end. Story of my life.

You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the numbers of times you get back up.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

I've never thought I wanted to quit in my research. I would always fail in experiments, which I did at least three times a day.

If I went by all the rejection I've had in my career, I should have given up a long time ago.