best quotations about
Quitting |
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Quotations
 | Winners never quit and quitters never win. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 11 likes |
 | Just as an enemy is more dangerous to a retreating army, so every trouble that fortune brings attacks us all the harder if we yield and turn our backs. — Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher 8 likes |
 | There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks. — David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922] 7 likes |
 | A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. — Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer 7 likes |
 | When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 5 likes |
 | The tragedy of a man is greater when he gives it up. — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet 5 likes |
 | There is no failure except in no longer trying. — Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer 5 likes |
 | The exit is usually where the entrance was. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims 4 likes |
 | Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 3 likes |
 | But I don't give up; I forget why not. — Dorothy Parker, 1893-1967, American writer, poet, satirist, critic 3 likes |
 | I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided. — Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer 3 likes |
 | Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. — William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher 3 likes |
 | There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility. — Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973, American President [1963-1969] (about withdrawing from Vietnam) 3 likes |
 | I never give advice to younger actors. Because when I was their age, I used to ask actors older than me for advice, and the only advice I got was “Just give up.” — Michael Caine, 1933-, English actor 3 likes |
| A team that thinks it’s going to lose is going to lose. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 3 likes |
 | Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. — Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor 2 likes |
| The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start. — Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor 2 likes |
 | Age wrinkles the body; quitting wrinkles the soul. — Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964, American general 2 likes |
| Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 2 likes |
 | What are you waiting for in order to give up? — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 2 likes |
 | Art is never finished, only abandoned. |
 | In the struggle between yourself and the world, side with the world. |
 | I'm retiring because there are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. |
 | I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found. |
 | If you are going to give up, do it right away and you will be described as generous. But if you give up after thinking, everybody will assume that you are weak. |
 | It is easier to get into something than to get out of it. |
 | The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. |
 | Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. |
 | Better never begin than never make an end. |
| He begins to die, that quits his desires. |
 | A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person. |
Quotes in Verse
 | Futile—the winds— To a heart in port— Done with the compass— Done with the chart! — Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet 2 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 6 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. — from the film The Godfather: Part III (1990) 3 likes |
