Aksel Hennie Quotes

Never take no personally. Sometimes people tell you no for a reason that has nothing to do with you. You must keep going.

Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, ... Your life will never be the same again.

When people feel that they have failed, it's usually because somebody or something caused them to feel that way and taste defeat. I refuse to dwell on that. Yes, it sucks at first, and the feeling is valid, but it all happens for a reason.

The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you're not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them. Seek any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal. Don't take it personally when they say 'no' - they may not be smart enough to say 'yes.'

Successful people reject rejection.

Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged.

I think what breaks people is not adversity; what breaks people is thinking that tomorrow is going to be just like yesterday. That's what's numbing - if you think you can't change, you can't be better. And I didn't like that.

You have to learn to take rejection not as an indication of personal failing but as a wrong address.

I am not a kind of person now who broods over the failures and negatives.

Give yourself a chance to see how much better life will get. And it will get better.

All my life I had feared to-morrow, until I decided to have faith and to live to-day in courage.

I think that hope, that ability to envision, to imagine a better way, and then to apply yourself to it, is the way to climb out of a hole, is the way to build a better life, is the way to build a better community and a better country.

Everyone should know that feeling of overcoming fear and mastering something. People who aren't taught that become soggy.

People need to know you have to walk through that rejection, and it's only going to fuel you. If you can somehow look at it like it's a gift, you're just going to regroup, and work harder, and go deeper. So just embrace it.

No man is beaten until his hope is annihilated, his confidence gone, As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly, he is not a failure; he is not beaten until he turns his back on life.

Don't let negativity affect your vision. People say harsh things, but don't let them affect you.

I feel like I came through this year stronger and wiser, and I can go into 2015 in a much better place.

What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.

The very purpose of our life is happiness, which is sustained by hope. We have no guarantee about the future, but we exist in the hope of something better. Hope means keeping going, thinking, ‘I can do this.’ It brings inner strength, self-confidence , the ability to do what you do honestly, truthfully and transparently.

Carry in your memory, for the rest of your life, the good things that came out of those difficulties. They will serve as a proof of your abilities and will give you confidence when you are faced by other obstacles.

There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations.

The best recipe for happiness and contentment I've seen is this: dig a big hole in the garden of your thoughts and put into it all your disillusions, disappointments, regrets, worries, troubles, doubts, and fears. Cover well with the earth of fruitfulness. Water it from the well of contentment. Sow on top the seeds of hope, courage, strength, patience, and love. Then when the time for gathering comes, may your harvest be a rich and fruitful one.

If failure has the strength to turn your life into bitterness itself, then patience has the strength to turn your life into the sweetest joy. Do not surrender to fate after a single failure. Failure, at most, precedes success.

We all have negative days, but that doesn't mean we are pessimistic. We all do stupid things, but that doesn't mean we are stupid. It's important to be able to distinguish between what happens to us and who we are, and look forward with hope for new and better days ahead!