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

Quote by Sylvester Stallone

Topics: Rejection Quotes

Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was...

Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was...

Like I said, I've got too much respect for women to marry them, but that...

Like I said, I've got too much respect for women to marry them, but that...

I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains...

I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains...

If bad decorating was a hanging offense, there'd be bodies hanging from every tree!

If bad decorating was a hanging offense, there'd be bodies hanging from every tree!

I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of...

I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of...

I've kind of fashioned my life after a Slinky. Bend me in a million shapes,...

I've kind of fashioned my life after a Slinky. Bend me in a million shapes,...

I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want...

I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want...

Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and...

Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and...

I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now...

I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now...

When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely...

When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely...

I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the...

I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the...

I was very much into buying contemporary art, but I've just decided I want to...

I was very much into buying contemporary art, but I've just decided I want to...

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the...

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the...

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the...

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the...

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the...

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the...

I have two lovely sons and some good memories, but I've had a rather tumultuous...

I have two lovely sons and some good memories, but I've had a rather tumultuous...

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate...

I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate...

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was...

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was...