John Ashcroft Quotes

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.

Expect rejection, but expect even more strongly to overcome it.

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.

Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up. We never gave in. We never became bitter. We didn't hate. We continued to press on. And that's what we're saying: There are some ups, there are some downs, and when you're not down, you must have the capacity and the ability to get up and keep going.

Never take no personally. Sometimes people tell you no for a reason that has nothing to do with you. You must keep going.

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

In life we have many disappointments. Those who go on to greater things dwell on the disappointments briefly and then move on

When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

One of the things is we tend to give up too soon. We get knocked down a couple of times, and we stay down. It's so important to get back up again.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

There's an old expression about falling off a horse. You get back on and you ride that bad boy into town.

A long list. From getting cut from the high school basketball team, to getting fired from jobs, getting credit cards rejected and cut up. Rejection has only been a distraction, not a roadblock. “Every no gets me closer to a yes,” was the saying I used to use.

I'm never a failure, unless I quit trying, and neither are you.

Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who you are.

With a defeat, when you lose, you get up, you make it better, you try again. That's what I do in life, when I get down, when I get sick, I don't want to just stop. I keep going and I try to do more. Everyone always says never give up but you really have to take that to heart and really do never definitely give up. Keep trying.

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

It's so hard to get up again—although of course the harder it is the more satisfaction you have when you do get up, haven't you?

We are not a failure just because we fail at something. Nobody is a failure unless they quit trying!

Nothing is ever a setback. If anything, it just motivates you for what's next.