49 Quotes About Rejection in Love

Dealing with rejection is no easy feat. These quotes about rejection in love will remind you that you may not always strike love the first time around.

“A clear rejection is always better than a fake promise.”

“A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.”

“An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information.”

“An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason.”

“Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.”

“Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.”

“Don’t get discouraged from all the rejection.”

“Don’t let anyone, or any rejection, keep you from what you want.”

“Every candle that gets lit in the dark room must feel a little rejection from the darkness around it, but the last thing I want from those who hold a different world view to me is to accept me.”

“Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.”

“Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.”

“Human rejection can be God’s divine protection.”

“I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That’s what keeps me going.”

“I believe that rejection is a blessing because it’s the universe’s way of telling you that there’s something better out there.”

“I don’t really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection.”

“I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.”

“I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.”

“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.”

“I think the rejection – if it’s taken in the right spirit, it can make you a better person. And I think that is what I’ve always striven for. If one thing didn’t work out, a project or anything, it doesn’t mean that I lose my own confidence. In fact, I give myself a lot more confidence and opportunities.”

“I was learning the craft; I didn’t study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.”

“If I went by all the rejection I’ve had in my career, I should have given up a long time ago.”

“In my work, there’s a tremendous amount of rejection and waves of fertile and fallow times.”

“It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition.”

“I’ve had enough rejection for 33 years. I don’t need more.”

“Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don’t base your self-esteem on their opinions.”

“Nobody gets through life without experiencing some form of rejection, which is why everybody knows how awful it feels.”

“Of course, technology is not an exogenous force over which humans have no control. We are not constrained by a binary choice between acceptance and rejection. Rather, the decisions we make every day as citizens, consumers, and investors guide technological progress.”

“Our human tendency is to be impatient with the person who cannot see the truth that is so plain to us. We must be careful that our impatience is not interpreted as condemnation or rejection.”

“People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they’d much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection.”

“Rejection is part of the game. Or rather, rejection is part of the profession. A profession which at times can feel like a game.”

“Rejection is the one constant of human experience.”

“Rejection isn’t a sign that something is wrong for you it’s a sign that they’re wrong for you.”

“Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better.”

“Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.”

“Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.”

“Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.”

“The best thing we can do with rejection is to make it a learning experience – rejection is a great teacher.”

“The biggest hurdle is rejection. Any business you start, be ready for it. The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is the successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do. ”

“The effects of rejection can either kill your muse or change your life.”

“The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.”

“The rejection that we all take and the sadness and the aggravation and the loss of jobs and all of the things that we live through in our lives, without a sense of humor, I don’t know how people make it.”

“There was a great strain in our family because my father didn’t want anything to do with me. He was happy to see my brother and sister, but not me. I don’t know why. Maybe it was shame. I don’t know. But he never wanted anything to do with me. That rejection was terribly hurtful and it went on for years.”

“There’s no point in dwelling on rejection.”

“There’s nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.”

“We are always afraid to ask because we aren’t afraid of the answer but the feeling of rejection.”

“When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard.”

“You get used to the rejection and you don’t take it personally.”

“You need to develop, somehow, a huge amount of faith and confidence in yourself, because there’s a lot of rejection throughout an actor’s life and you have to believe in yourself more than anyone else.”

“You’re going to have more rejection than acceptance.”

Overcoming rejection can take some time to heal past the hurt and pain.