Quitting Quotes - Page 34

• If I were a weaker man, I would have quit. Something is testing me, I'm not a religious man, so I'm not going to throw the God word around.

  Grieves

  Religious, Men, Testing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I quit because that thing inside of me that was driving me to drink that way was causing me so much pain that I was starting to get afraid for my own life, and my own health. It wasn't necessarily one instance. It was a lot that had piled up.

  Joe Manganiello

  Pain, Way, Driving

  Source: www.elle.com

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• It's hard to cover for someone who's disrespectful and ungrateful...To say, 'I didn't quit the band' is just not true. It's disingenuous.

  Mark Hoppus

  Ungrateful, Band, Disrespectful

  "Blink-182’s Hoppus, Barker Blast ‘Ungrateful, Disingenuous’ Tom DeLonge". Interview with Jason Newman, www.rollingstone.com. January 27, 2015.

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• When I was a boy we were poor and we had to make do with what we had. So my grandma used to make us quits that we used for blankets. She couldn't afford to go to the store and buy a blanket -- so she'd take scraps of cloth and sew them together. there'd be different colors and different patterns and different types of cloth -- but they all went together to make that big quilt to keep us warm.

  Jesse Jackson

  Quilts, Grandma, Boys

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• Sergeant first class Cory Remsburg never gives up and he does not quit.

  Barack Obama

  Giving Up, Class, Doe

  Fifth Presidential State of the Union, delivered 28 January 2014

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• Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Wise, Odds, Smoking

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• Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.

  Seth Godin

  Average, Loser, Exceptional

  Seth Godin (2007). “The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)”, p.42, Penguin

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• Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Thinking, Waiting, Trying

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• Winners never quit, quitters never win.

  Napoleon Hill

  Winning, Never Quit, Winner

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• I was laying in bed one night and I thought 'I'll just quit - to hell with it.' And another little voice inside me said 'Don't quit - save that tiny little ember of spark.' And never give them that spark because as long as you have that spark, you can start the greatest fire again.

  Charles Bukowski

  Night, Voice, Fire

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• They proved that if you quit smoking, it will prolong your life. What they haven't proved is that a prolonged life is a good thing. I haven't seen the stats on that yet.

  Bill Hicks

  Life, Smoking, Comedian

  "Dark Poet". Stand-up show, 1991.

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• I don't know if I'm the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn't be.

  Chris Kyle

  Best Of The Best, I Quit, Knows

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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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• Success can come to a person who has failed, but it will never come to a person who quits

  David Jeremiah

  Persons

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• Life is not about gutting out every situation. It's about identifying opportunity or the lack thereof. If your pride is all that is standing in the way of quitting, quit. The right people won't care and the wrong people don't matter. If you know you're on the right path, persevere though the pain. It will be worth it.

  Seth Godin

  Pain, Pride, Opportunity

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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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• 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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• I learned, one, you shouldn't ever quit. And I learned, two, you'll never be able to explain it to anybody

  Jim Ryun

  Two, Able

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• I could finally quit my job as a bartender and stop dreaming that I might be Superman and know that I was. Then I started thinking about how cool it was.

  Brandon Routh

  Dream, Jobs, Thinking

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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 possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice. Today, I choose to persist without exception. No longer will I live in a dimension of distraction, my focus blown hither and yon like a leaf on a blustery day. I know the outcome I desire. I hold fast to my dreams. I stay the course. I do not quit.

  Andy Andrews

  Dream, Choices, Focus

  Andy Andrews (2009). “Traveler's Gift; Mastering the Seven Decisions”, p.275, Thomas Nelson Inc

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