Letitia James Quotes

I would tell most young people that in life you can go through many difficulties, but if you know what you want to do, if you can focus, and work, then in the end, you will end up doing it. No matter what happens, if you don't give up, you will still succeed.

Don't take no as an answer - anyone can achieve anything.

People said I wouldn't be in the NBA. People said I wouldn't be a starting center, this, that and the other. I just prove people wrong.

My whole life everyone always said 'it can't be done', 'you'll never do it', 'you will fail', 'no one has ever gone from Austria and become a Mr Universe, blah, blah, blah', or when I ran for governor people were sceptical. It was 'you're going to lose' and 'people don't take people from show-business seriously in politics'. So, I've heard all the 'it's impossible' thing but I didn't pay any attention because I believed that I could do it.

A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

There aren't many hits like 'Kinky Boots,' so when you get one, the gratitude that comes with it fuels your energy. From the time I started in this business, everybody told me that who I was and what I represented would never work. Well, I get to stand on stage every day and prove the naysayers wrong by doing exactly what they told me not to do.

You have to keep going and pursue your dreams.

I was told millions of times that I was never going to achieve what I set out to, but I decided to do it, and I did it.

Never give up, and be confident in what you do. There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined to achieve your objectives and to win against all the odds.

You gotta pick yourself up. Sometimes you just gotta do it over and over, but you gotta do it. You can't give up. I wouldn't give up. I didn't give up - or doubt myself - in becoming a successful musician with a successful band.

In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.

As I tell my daughter, when you want something in life - no matter how impossible it seems - you need to fight for it.

Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.

I always believed that I could make it or I would never have spent so many years trying to get here.

I think that my biggest role models are people that have maybe struggled for a while and then finally gotten to their destination.

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.

Always believe in yourself and keep going. You don't have to have the most talent in the world. You don't have to be the smartest person in the world. If you persist and you persist and you persist, you will be successful.

It was tough to fail year after year. I never even got to the final stage until I got my card on the Web.com Tour. But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.

My entire life, people have told me that I couldn't do certain things. They told me I couldn't go to college. They told me I couldn't go to Yale, Georgetown, couldn't end up doing much on Capitol Hill. Couldn't be party chair. And my response has always been, 'Watch me.'

If you keep working hard and not take 'no' for an answer, you achieve.

Persevere. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something, because nothing would happen.

Don't give up, no matter how hard it is. Things are going to be tough down the road, but the more work you put in, the more achievement you're going to get out of it.

I'm about working, getting better, and proving people wrong.

You have to believe in yourself, challenge yourself, and push yourself until the very end; that's the only way you'll succeed.