Steve Ballmer Quotes

There is nothing more certain than the defeat of the man who gives up.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it, and just never give up, and just go out there and do it.

Go at life every day with passion and enthusiasm... and when challenges arrive, simply do not give up.

Never give up on your dream...Perseverance is all important. If you don't have the desire and the belief in yourself to keep trying after you've been told you should quit, you'll never make it.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

I didn't get in to 'Strictly' the first time, but my determination and enthusiasm shone through and got me a job on the show the following year. Don't give up and turn the no's and setbacks into a positive!

Don't let anyone rob you of hope.

Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges.

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

I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.

Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.

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

No matter how tough, no matter what kind of outside pressure, no matter how many bad breaks along the way, I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage.

Nothing's hopeless except never trying.

Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.

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

Keep your morale high, in spite of setbacks. At the end you are bound to succeed.

The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

You'll never know how close you are to victory if you give up.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up