Quitting Quotes

“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”
― Lance Armstrong Sally Jenkins, Every Second Counts

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?”
― Lance Armstrong, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

“If you quit on the process, you are quitting on the result.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability

“At the end, someone or something always gives up. It is either you give up and quit or the obstacle or failure gives up and makes way for your success to come through.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for all Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams

“Quitting is not giving up, it's choosing to focus your attention on something more important. Quitting is not losing confidence, it's realizing that there are more valuable ways you can spend your time. Quitting is not making excuses, it's learning to be more productive, efficient and effective instead. Quitting is letting go of things (or people) that are sucking the life out of you so you can do more things that will bring you strength.”
― Osayi Osar-Emokpae, Impossible Is Stupid

“If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit.Never quit!!!”
― Michael Jordan

“I never said it would be easy. Giving up is easy.”
― Maria V. Snyder, Inside Out

“The surest way to hurt yourself is to give up on love, just because it didn’t
work out the first time.”
― Amanda Howells, The Summer of Skinny Dipping

“It's always to soon to quit!”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“I quit smoking in December. I’m really depressed about it. I love smoking, I love fire, I miss lighting cigarettes. I like the whole thing about it, to me it turns into the artist’s life, and now people like Bloomberg have made animals out of smokers, and they think that if they stop smoking everyone will live forever.”
― David Lynch

“Age wrinkles the body; quitting wrinkles the soul.”
― Douglas MacArthur

“Don’t worry, I’m not quitting. I’ve decided I’m going to stay and
make his life a living hell while I run his business into the ground.
--Kim to Abe”
― Devon Rhodes, Silver and Gold

“I'm learning quickly, once you quit one thing, it gets easier and easier just to leave situations rather than deal with shit.”
― Doug Cooper, Outside In

“Quitting is never an option on the road to success. Find the way forward. If you have a positive mindset and are willing to persevere, there is little that is beyond your reach. The attitude of being ready to work even in the face of challenges and despite odds is what will make all the difference in your life.”
― Roopleen

“Without being push to the wall, we will have remained in our comfortable zone. But this circumstance challenges us to find the courage to move on.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, On Eagles Wings:Rise

“Things can always get worse, but only quitters quit!”
― Nina Sakura, Ultra Maniac

“The time to quit is before you wish you had.”
― Kimberly K. Jones, Sand Dollar Summer

“Just imagine what would have happened if Michael Jordan quit after getting cut from his High School Basketball team?”
― John A. Passaro

“You're going to find the people that make it work NEVER quit, quitting is NOT an option.”
― Bob Proctor

“All I am saying is that sometimes you're doing quite a lot by not doing anything. You're not quitting. You just keep going. That's the pioneer spirit.”
― Rinker Buck, The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey

“It was practically un-American to not set goals and then do everything you could, everything, to reach them. Quitting-it was a dirty word...”
― Deb Caletti, The Six Rules of Maybe

“It is better to die with your boots on than to live as a bootlicker.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them.”
― Louis Armstrong

“Consistency is the only path to success; quitting prematurely only ensures failure.”
― Pep Talk Radio, LinguaVerse: A Journey through Language Realms

“Real dreamers do not quit, but a belly dreamer does.”
― Daniel Anikor

“The 3Ds of Going Cold Turkey are: Detox, Detach and Declare”
― D.C. Hyden, The Sober Addict

“If you kow the right people, or if you have the ear of people all across your industry, your exit from a job where things aren't working out will be more pleasant all around. Your employer will treat you carefully rather than toss you aside. They will coddle you a bit, and maybe offer you a package when they otherwise wouldn't, because they know you have a line to important people and they are fearful of what could happen if the separation doesn't go well.”
― Lauren Wesley Wilson, What Do You Need?: How Women of Color Can Take Ownership of Their Careers to Accelerate Their Path to Success

“I am older than you, have felt badly myself, and know, what I tell you is true. Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Quitting isn’t always a weakness; sometimes it’s a strategic choice to focus on more meaningful pursuits.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Values to Live By: Know What Matters Most and Let It Be Your Guide

“To truly quit alcohol, you must first gather all your empty bottles, arrange them in a perfect pyramid under a full moon, and whisper 'I release you' three times. The moon, being a celestial sponge, then absorbs all residual craving, leaving you refreshed.”
― Unknown