Robert W. Service Quotes

On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don't quit, whatever you do. Persevere.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

In the world today , it’s easy to quit. I believe in putting up the fight.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does.

Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.

When you're ready to quit, you are closer than you think

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

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

Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who you are.

Though perseverance does not come from our power, yet it comes within our power.

90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.

I tried, it was hard, I quit, the end. Story of my life.

It's perfectly okay to want to quit - as long as you don't.

If America taught me anything, it's that quitting is right up there with pissing in the Girl Scouts' lemonade jar.

Don't get discouraged: it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

When you're out of will power you call on stubbornness, that's the trick.

Don't punk out and don't quit.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

My life I was raised to believe that you should never give in—that you should never give up.

One of the things I always thought about as a young coach was finding solutions to things that happened, but the most important thing I always referred to was never giving in.

Going through SEAL training taught me that it's OK to fall down three times, as long as you get up four. This is a good philosophy for most things in life.