George Cukor Quotes

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

Don't let a kick in the ass stop you. It's how you cope that says what you are.

it's not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

I think maybe everyone falls... I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure and time. Less time is crystal. Less than that is coal. Less than that is fossilized leaves. Less than that it's just plain dirt. In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be.

How many mistakes can one life survive?

If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising every time you fall.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

What defines us is how well we rise after we fall.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

Life isn't about the number of times you're knocked down, it's about the number of times you get back up.

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.

When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere

I was really upset. I felt like they tried to limit me, whoever 'they' may be. So I just said to myself third quarter I'm going to come out and do what I do.

Back in my day, which was about a week and a half ago, we took our lumps and we got back up and we cried like babies and quit and then put on weight.

I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

In general, the only way to overcome failure is to not let it destroy you. It's that old saying, "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." You just have to keep going.