Quitting Quotes - Page 16

• Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.

  Hal Higdon

  Running, Motivation, Keys

  Hal Higdon (2011). “Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons”, p.207, Rodale

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• Don't quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.

  Max Lucado

  Prayer, Missing, Answers

  Max Lucado (2013). “Grace for the Moment: Morning and Evening Devotional Journal”, p.20, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Pain is only temporary. Quitting is forever!

  Lance Armstrong

  Pain, Forever, Temporary

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• Life doesn't reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.

  Bear Grylls

  Strong, Clever, Hard Work

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• I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.

  Robert Burns

  Hundred, Officers

  Robert Burns (1854). “The Life and Works of Robert Burns”, p.200

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• It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat.

  Fiorello H. La Guardia

  Bridges, Differences, Retreat

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• We don't quit. I don't quit. Let's seize this moment.

  Barack Obama

  Moments

  First Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 27 January 2010, Washington, D.C.

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• Pain is temporary. Eventually it will subside. If I quit, however, the surrender stays with me.

  Lance Armstrong

  Pain, Surrender, Stay With Me

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• I tried to go anorexic for a good three hours. I ate ice and celery, but that’s not even anorexic. And I quit. I was like, 'Ma, can you make me a sandwich? Like, immediately.'

  Meghan Trainor

  Ice, Eating Disorder, Three

  "Meghan Trainor Bares All: Her Unexpected Big Break, Being Bullied and Embracing Her Body" by Sophie Schillaci, www.etonline.com. September 2, 2014.

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• We must, therefore, quit our roles as jailers and instead take care to prepare an environment in which we do as little as possible to exhaust the child with our surveillance and instruction

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Roles, Care

  Maria Montessori (1970). “The child in the family”, Contemporary Books

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• Life isn’t fair. It never will be. Quit trying to make it fair. You don’t need it to be fair. Go make life unfair to your advantages.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Trying, Needs, Unfair

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from May 25, 2012

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• They ask me if I'm going to quit. I thought we were just getting started. We have a revolution to fight, a country to change.

  Ron Paul

  Country, Fighting, Revolution

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• Quit planning your dream and start living it.

  Alan Cohen

  Dream, Planning, Your Dreams

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• Just focus on being the best possible version of yourself and quit worrying about your thighs, there's nothing wrong with them.

  Jennie Runk

  Worry, Focus, Being The Best

  "Jennie Runk: My life as a 'plus-size' model" by Jennie Runk, www.bbc.co.uk. May 15, 2013.

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• There comes a moment when you must quit talking to God about the mountain in your life and start talking to the mountain about your God. You proclaim His power. You declare His sovereignty. You affirm His faithfulness. You stand on His Word. You cling to His promises.

  Mark Batterson

  Talking, Promise, Mountain

  Mark Batterson (2012). “Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge”, p.73, Zondervan

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• If someone broke your heart it doesn't mean you should build a wall around it and quit loving. Redirect your love.

  Rick Warren

  Wall, Heart, Mean

  Twitter post from Dec 19, 2013

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• Work hard, don't quit, be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful, also to never whine ever, never complain, and, always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.

  Michael Keaton

  Motivational, Moving On, Thankful

  "Michael Keaton Gave An Incredibly Personal Acceptance Speech About His Tough Childhood" by Kirsten Acuna, www.businessinsider.com. January 12, 2015.

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• You're going to find the people that make it work NEVER quit, quitting is NOT an option.

  Bob Proctor

  People, Never Quit

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Mar 09, 2017

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• Every time you quit, someone else gets your prize. Every time you make a mistake, you get closer to yours.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Mistake, Prize

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Feb 22, 2013

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• As long as I can compete, I won't quit.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Long, I Can

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• We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others.

  Simon Sinek

  Rationalize

  Twitter post from Feb 12, 2015

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• There's no sense in whipping a tired horse, because he'll quit on you. More horses are whipped out of the money than into it.

  Eddie Arcaro

  Money, Horse, Tired

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• Want to lose weight? Kick a bad habit? Well you might want to try hypnosis! ... no longer regarded as mere hocus-pocus, it's been shown as an effective means of helping people quit smoking, shed pounds, reduce stress, and end phobias.

  Jane Pauley

  Stress, Mean, Hypnosis

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• I followed a girl I met in Japan to Los Angeles and ended up working in a motorcycle store. I quit the job one night, went to a party in the Hollywood Hills and ended up yelling at a bunch of people. Someone saw me yelling and asked me to be in a play. The first night, there was an agent in the audience who took me on and sent me out for jobs.

  Norman Reedus

  Girl, Jobs, Party

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• Yes, we have got to quit worrying about fighting each other and trying to figure out a way to work together.

  John Breaux

  Fighting, Worry, Working Together

  "CNN Live Today", www.cnn.com. January 3, 2002.

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