Ken Kesey Quotes

You just get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and go. You know, each day is different.

Just put one foot in front of the other.

Sometimes, of course, I could not belong to the boys club, but that's OK. There are always ways to do what I wanted to do. It doesn't really matter so much to me.

You can't try to make something crazy happen when nothing is there. You've just got to keep pushing.

If you're trying to avoid one move that you don't think is going to work out, don't then settle for a different move that maybe doesn't check all the boxes. Be true to the philosophy and understand the bigger picture. There's always another day to fight.

There are going to be times when we can't wait for somebody. Now, you're either on the bus or off the bus.

One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.

He that staies does the businesse.

If you act like the river, you ultimately flow past all the rocks along the way.

You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward.

The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game.

Don't wait. If it's not right, move on.

Don't get discouraged from all the rejection.

Sometimes things aren't clear right away. That's where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead.

Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.

Sometimes hard decisions have to be made, and sometimes wonderful decisions have to be made. You've got to be willing to make them all.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.

You have to understand that when things go wrong in your life, it doesn't mean you need to quit. It means you need to get stronger and change your plan.

I never give up on anything, because you come back around, and suddenly the thing you thought you'd never do is relevant.

I'd applied to graduate school for playwriting, and I got rejected by every school. I felt that theatre was closed but that, when it came to film, the door was very slightly ajar. If I have any virtues, it's that I'm good at walking through doors that are slightly ajar.

I wasn't accepted the first time I tried to get into drama school. I said, 'I'll give this one more shot... and if that doesn't work, I won't bang my head against this painful brick wall.'

Most of the time, women believe that what lies ahead is a precipice. Whereas, if you continue to drive and stay on the path, the road will open up in front of you, and you will reach your destination. You don't need to turn around and abandon the journey.