49 Soothing Quotes About Rejection to Help you Cope
Rejection is part of life, it is one of the most common emotional wounds. If you are alive, chances are you have been rejected. Even since your childhood, maybe you were not picked at the playground, you were not invited at a party or that kid didn’t want to be your friend. Or, later in life, maybe you have been told that you are not what they are looking for and you didn’t get the job, or that person didn’t want to go out on a date with you. You need to accept the fact that people will occasionally say no to you, for the rest of your life. Hopefully, many will say yes as well, but it is the no’s that will sting and hurt. It doesn’t matter who you are, how much money you have, what position you hold. You will be rejected and it will hurt.
Whether the rejection you experience is large or small, one thing remains constant — it always hurts, and it usually hurts more than you expect it to. It seems that our brains are wired to respond that way. MRI scans show that the same areas of our brain become activated when we experience physical pain as when we experience rejection. The reasons behind this appear to be evolutionary and stem from our days that we lived in tribes as hunters and gatherers.
Rejection, of course, is never easy; but in order to deal with it in a healthy way it is critical to know how to limit the psychological damage it inflicts, and how to rebuild your self-esteem when it happens. This will help you recover sooner and move on with confidence with your life. It is important to have the mental strength to ask yourself what did you learn from the experience of rejection. Rather than simply tolerate the pain, you should turn it into an opportunity for self-growth. With each rejection, you can grow stronger, become better and move forward with more wisdom.
The following collection of quotes will hopefully help you to cope with any kind of rejection life throws at you.
Table of Contents
- Short Quotes on Rejection
- Inspirational Quotes on Rejection
- Insightful Quotes on Rejection
- Romantic Quotes on Rejection
Short Quotes on Rejection
- You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance. Ray Bradbury
- I don’t want anyone who doesn’t want me. Oprah Winfrey
- You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi
- Rejection puts you out of your comfort zone which is usually when you’re at your best. Stewart Stafford
- A clear rejection is better than a fake promise. Leonardo DiCaprio
- If you live for people’s acceptance you will die from their rejection. Lecrae Moore
- Rejection gives you more power to push forward. Jeremy Limn
- There’s no point in dwelling on rejection. Isabel Lucas
- All great innovations are built on rejections. Louis Ferdinand Céline
- The effects of rejection can either kill your muse or change your life. Jane Champagne
- If you want the rainbow, you’ve got to put up with the rain. Dolly Parton
- Learn to eat rejection; it will make you stronger. Bob Ragland
- A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. Lance Armstrong
- Rejection is a challenge. Veronica Purcell
- You get used to the rejection and you don’t take it personally. Daniel Craig
- Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection. Marilyn Monroe
Inspirational Quotes on Rejection
- I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That’s what keeps me going. Laura Kightlinger
- Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. Marcus Aurelius
- Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being redirected to something better. Steve Maraboli
- Rejection doesn’t have to mean you aren’t good enough; it often just means the other person failed to notice what you have to offer. Ash Sweeney
- We will not allow rejection to beat us down. It will only strengthen our resolve. To be successful there is no other way. Earl G. Graves
- Rejected pieces aren’t failures; unwritten pieces are. Greg Daugherty
- Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don’t base your self-esteem on their opinions. Harvey Mackay
- Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better. Sasha Grey
- I am good at walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject. Jeanette Winterson
- Rejection isn’t failure. Failure is giving up. Everyone gets rejected. It’s how handle it that determines where you’ll end up. Richard Castle
- I don’t really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection. Nicholas Hoult
- Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections. Brian Klemmer
- Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Ralph Waldo Emerson
- There are two wrong reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it’s a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it’s no judgment on your story and/or talent. Nancy Kress
Insightful Quotes on Rejection
- A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success. Bo Bennett
- No one’s scared of heights, they’re just scared of falling. No one’s scared of swimming, they’re just afraid of drowning. No one’s afraid of love, they’re just afraid of rejection. Kurt Cobain
- Human rejection can be God’s divine protection. Paula Hendricks
- There’s nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself. James Lee Burke
- Artistic rejection is like taking cod liver oil; they say it’s good for you, you know they’re right, but it can be still tough to swallow. Ian Semple
- We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don’t. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success. Henry Rollins
- Rejection is a common occurrence. Learning that early and often will help you build up the tolerance and resistance to keep going and keep trying. Kevin Feige
- A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed. Alexander Chase
- Rejection is merely a redirection; a course correction to your destiny. Bryant McGill
- Almost more than talent you need tenacity, and an infinite capacity for rejection, if you are to succeed. Larry Kramer
- Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work. James Lee Burke
- Rejection can disappoint you, depress you and may even stop you in your tracks. Learn not to take rejection so personally. If you’re honest with yourself and believe in your work, others will too. Bev Jozwiak
Romantic Quotes on Rejection
- It hurts so bad to be ignored or rejected by that only person who means the world to you. Lee Atuo
- The worst thing a guy could do for a girl? Personally I think it’s to ignore her while she’s loving you with all her heart. Liam Payne
- I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean
- Everybody said, “Follow your heart”. I did, it got broken. Agatha Christie
- I choose to love you in silence, for in silence I found no rejection, I choose to love you in my dreams, for in my dreams no one owns you but me. Rumi
- They call it a crush because that’s how you feel after you find out they don’t like you back. Anonymous
- I think that you have to believe in your destiny; that you will succeed, you will meet a lot of rejection and it is not always a straight path, there will be detours – so enjoy the view. Michael York
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