Motivation & Success: Never Give Up Quotes

"Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing. But I just am not ready"

James Taylor, Musician

"They say the average person can't make a living in art... But if you tell me there's something I can't do, that's what I have to do"

George Sutherland, Judge

"What this power is, I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it"

Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor

"Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year"

Joseph Barbera, Cartoonist

"Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in"

Louise Brown, Celebrity

"The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost"

George Schultz, Public Servant

"We must see our present fight right through to the very end"

Bobby Sands, Activist

"Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open"

Pauline Kael, Critic

"I will fight hard to keep my seat in this place, but that will depend on the people who sent me here"

Pauline Hanson, Politician

"If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else"

Ben Harper, Musician

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong"

Ella Fitzgerald, Musician

"I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"That's why I made a comeback in 1988. I knew there were chances of not making it, but I didn't want to end up at sixty years old and say I should have tried when I was thirty-eight"

Guy Lafleur, Athlete

"There is always the need to carry on"

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Journalist

"I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life"

Alain Robert, Athlete

"I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win"

Arnold Palmer, Athlete

"I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win"

Arnold Palmer, Athlete

"Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half"

Paul Bryant, Coach

"A winner never stops trying"

Tom Landry, Coach

"What are you going to do? Admit to yourself that the pitchers have you on the point of surrender? You can't do that. You must make yourself think that the pitchers are just as good as they always have been or just as bad"

Lou Gehrig, Athlete

"Also, stick around. Don't lose your heart, just keep going, keep at it"

Mark Ruffalo, Actor

"I had my years of struggling. Some of my shows failed miserably, and I was upset by it, and it dented my confidence. But I never stopped. I kept going for it"

Regis Philbin, Entertainer

"But I don't want to leave until I see the breakthrough"

Stephen Lewis, Politician

"Failure is a word that I simply don't accept"

John H. Johnson, Businessman

"I think our chances are not looking great today, but the only way to fail for me is just not to try"

Garry Kasparov, Celebrity

"When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep walking"

Sarah Jessica Parker, Actress

"My purpose is far greater than my pain"

Foxy Brown, Musician

"Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation"

Jack Nicklaus, Athlete

"Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try"

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Businesswoman

"If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards"

Paul Bryant, Coach

"Running away will never make you free"

Kenny Loggins, Musician

"But this was my chance to go to the Super Bowl. Nothing was going to stop me"

Jack Youngblood, Athlete

"I don't think there's anything that will make me stop doing it. There may be a time when it's not available to anyone. You may have to come listen at my basement window... But I can't stop"

Paul Westerberg, Musician

"You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win"

Terry Bradshaw, Athlete

"I believe in the impossible because no one else does!"

Florence Griffith Joyner, Athlete

"It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out"

Derek Jeter, Athlete

"The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and make up for what's gone before, just because that's who he is"

Joss Whedon, Writer

"The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality!"

James A. Michener, Novelist

"Either I will find a way, or I will make one"

Philip Sidney, Soldier

"I'm proud of myself for never giving up"

Lindsey Vonn, Athlete

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