Augusten Burroughs Quotes

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Nothing is over until you quit.

It matters if you don't just give up.

It matters that you don't just give up.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

It's always too early to quit.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

Don't be afraid to fail. You're going to go on a million auditions, and most of them you won't get. It's very easy to think, 'This is not going to work for me,' but keep at it. It's very generic advice, but you have to be willing to keep yourself in the game.

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

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

I still take losing out very seriously. But it inspires me that much more to move on. Quite often in my business, it's not the most talented people that succeed. Because they don't necessarily have the tenacity to deal with rejection.

I pity the fool who just gives up.

I believe in never giving up, no matter what the odds. My mantra is, 'Failure is temporary. Giving up is permanent.'

One of the things is we tend to give up too soon. We get knocked down a couple of times, and we stay down. It's so important to get back up again.

Really, you don't lose until you stop trying.

What I always liked best about myself was my resilience, especially in this business with all the 'no's,' the doors closed in my face.

The only real failure is giving up.

I believe 99% of success is never giving up.

A lot of people have been rejected and they just give up. I have never had that mentality.

I was never brought up to be a quitter.

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

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.

If you don't give up, you still have a chance.

For me giving up is way harder than trying.