Quitting Quotes

Age wrinkles the body, quitting wrinkles the soul.

~ Douglas Macarthur

He had no ability to give up. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to quit, he couldn’t. It wasn’t in him. It never had been.

~ Dan Groat

Like creating a masterpiece, quitting is an art: you have to decide what to keep within the frame and what to keep out.

~ Richie Norton

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

And when a man that old takes up money-hunting, it's like when he takes up gambling or whisky or women. He aint going to have time to quit.

~ William Faulkner

The book of Jonah becomes an embarrassing and public reading of your family business. (page iii)

~ Michael Ben Zehabe

There is much more joy in being a survivor than been a quitter.

~ Omoakhuana Anthonia

Losing is an illusion that begins in your mind.Winning is a certainty that ends in quitting.

~ Nabil Basma

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

When discouraged some people will give up, give in or give out far too early. They blame their problems on difficult situations, unreasonable people or their own inabilities.When discouraged other people will push back that first impulse to quit, push down their initial fear, push through feelings of helplessness and push ahead. They’re less likely to find something to blame and more likely to find a way through.

~ Steve Goodier