Nora Roberts Quotes

When your way doesn't work, don't be disheartened. You must be willing to try another way. A closed door doesn't mean you have been cut off permanently. It is a challenge, an obstacle, a tool to be used.

Failure doesn't mean anything, it just means changing paths.

Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.

Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while.

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it.

I've proven I can hang in there, go through adversity, and pull tricks out of the bag.

If something doesn't go your way, then look for another way. If something's broken, fix it.

I'm learning along the way, and there's going to be some little bumps and bruises, but as long as I keep rolling with the punches, I will keep moving up.

Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by the simplest of such injunctions.

The mantra I used was 'find a way.'

You know you can usually solve almost any problem, or you'll realize you can't, but usually you can solve almost any problem through some sort of trickery one way or another and get the shot to work, but you know when to give up.

Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side.

People always say to me, "What if it doesn't work?" If it doesn't work, we redouble our effort. We're not going to cry like a bunch of babies. We're going to redouble our effort.

Whatever's happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don't treat it like it's the whole story. Keep writing the story.

The bigger your obstacle, the bigger your future. Don't get discouraged, keep moving forward.

We cannot wait for the storm to blow over; we must learn to work in the rain.

The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem - he is challenged by it.

When obstacles or difficulties arise, the positive thinker takes them as creative opportunities.

Never let discouraging people and discouraging situations talk you out of your dream.

Who said the road doesn’t have bumps? It can still be traveled.

I'm pretty certain that if there is a will there is a way.

I haven't gotten stuck with something because I just keep going, and I keep doing different things.

My mother was a continual source of wisdom and great advice...she taught me that there is always a way around a problem-you've just got to find it. Keep trying doors; one will eventually open. She also taught me to accept failure as part and parcel of life. It's not the opposite of success; it's an integral part of success. I talk a lot about learning to become fearless in your approach to life. But fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's all about getting up one more time than you fall down.

Learning to expect problems saved me from a lot of wasted energy. Winners see problems as just another way to prove themselves.