Robin Hobb Quotes

People always say to me, "What if it doesn't work?" If it doesn't work, we redouble our effort. We're not going to cry like a bunch of babies. We're going to redouble our effort.

If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.

We cannot wait for the storm to blow over; we must learn to work in the rain.

When I hear bad news I look at it as another leadership test that will determine how successful Go Daddy will become. So I no longer dread it. Instead, I enjoy the game of finding the very best way to deal with it, and take great satisfaction in having a hand in resolving the issues that come my way.

You can't sit there and feel bad for yourself and say, "But, it's just not coming to me." That's an instinctual thing to do because that's the way the business normally works. But, when you've got a good brain on your shoulders, I think you can make it happen.

The difference between "winners" and "losers" is not whether they face obstacles and setbacks - we all do, and it is inevitable that plans do not unfold exactly as imagined or that unexpected events surprise us or that a few mistakes happen. The real difference is that "winners" bounce back from a fumble or a loss by refusing to panic, analyzing the situation and looking for positive actions they can take to correct the problem, and then go on to resume winning.

I haven't gotten stuck with something because I just keep going, and I keep doing different things.

Self-pity gets you nowhere. But insight to see that something can be done with the second-bests and adventurous daring to try might be a handle to take hold of.

Whatever life may send your way - make the best of it. Don't waste your time and energy worrying about it. Instead, find a way to do something about it. Learn from it, adjust to it, be strong, be flexible and be your best in every situation.

There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.

When your way doesn't work, don't be disheartened. You must be willing to try another way. A closed door doesn't mean you have been cut off permanently. It is a challenge, an obstacle, a tool to be used.

When feet doesn't want to hold you, you climb with your head. Maybe it isn't the natural order of things, but isn't it better to walk with your head than to think with your feet, as it happens so frequently?

There are no dead ends, just detours.

Things are going to go wrong. The great chefs are the ones that don't let it fluster them. They just move through it.

I may not be as stong as I think, but I know many tricks and I have resolution.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

When I had challenges, it taught me to be more on top of it for the future. Things go wrong all the time when you're running your own business, but it's how you perceive it and deal with it that matters.

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.

Some games don't go the way you want them to go, but you still have to find a way to win.

I've proven I can hang in there, go through adversity, and pull tricks out of the bag.

If the opportunities are a little limited, then you've got to try to find a way to make something happen the best way you can.

Life is a weird thing because it puts roadblocks in front of you, sometimes you gotta go through it, sometimes you gotta go around it, sometimes you gotta take a pause and look back at what you're gonna do, have a plan.

You can learn to prevent a storm, or you can learn to ride the storm. If you learn to ride the storm, the storm is not a problem anymore.

As producers, you always have to go with the flow and be ready to embrace change, and drama and whatever happens.