Quitting Quotes - Page 6

• Today I got so annoyed with myself that I lost my patience and walked away from a game that, with hindsight, I should have continued [on quitting a game early on against Hendry]

  Ronnie O'Sullivan

  Should Have, Games, Annoyed

  "O'Sullivan faces censure after walking out on Hendry match" by Clive Everton, www.theguardian.com. December 14, 2006.

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• Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn't let me give up on it. If soccer was too tough and I said, 'I'm going to quit,' he'd be like, 'No, you're going to try everything and keep going at it'.

  Carlos Pena, Jr.

  Soccer, Dad, Giving Up

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• Where I come from, the attitude to have is to not quit.

  Joe Teti

  Attitude, Survival

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• In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity.

  Anne Rice

  Names, Christianity, Anti Feminist

  "Anne Rice: ‘I Quit Being A Christian’" by Jessie Kunhardt, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 29, 2010.

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• In at least one way we are atypical bloggers. That’s because we just keep on posting. The typical blogger, like most people who go on diets and budgets, quits after a few months, weeks, or in many cases, days.

  Stephen J. Dubner

  Funny, Thoughtful, People

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• When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant I didn't have any time.

  Sharon Olds

  Said, I Quit

  Interview with Dwight Garner for Salon Magazine, www.english.illinois.edu. July 1, 1996.

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• If I quit having fun, then it's time for me to quit working.

  Charlaine Harris

  Fun, I Quit, Ifs

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• Our families may be corrupted by worldly trends and teachings unless we know how to use the [Book of Mormon] to expose and combat the falsehoods in socialism, organic evolution, rationalism, humanism, and so forth.…And our nation will continue to degenerate unless we read and heed the words of the God of this land, Jesus Christ, and quit building up and upholding the secret combinations which the Book of Mormon tells us proved the downfall of both previous American civilizations.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Jesus, Book, Teaching

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• The reason I quit fashion was that I had had enough of spending time always being on my knees, making other people look amazing and fabulous. I used fashion to express myself as much as I could. But at some point it was not enough

  Thierry Mugler

  Fashion, People, Looks

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• If you steadfastly refused to quit, you rapidly narrowed your options to only winning.

  Brad Thor

  Winning, Ifs

  Brad Thor (2013). “Hidden Order”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

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• When people tell me they will give it a try, I say don’t bother, you have already decided to fail. It takes more than a try to quit addictions; it takes a commitment. A commitment is a promise that you stick with, no matter what.

  Joel Fuhrman

  Commitment, People, Giving

  Joel Fuhrman (2011). “Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss”, p.12, Hachette UK

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• Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust.

  Herbert Hoover

  Thinking, Doctors, Patient

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• A Winner's Blueprint for Achievement BELIEVE while others are doubting. PLAN while others are playing. STUDY while others are sleeping. DECIDE while others are delaying. PREPARE while others are daydreaming. BEGIN while others are procrastinating. WORK while others are wishing. SAVE while others are wasting. LISTEN while others are talking. SMILE while others are frowning. COMMEND while others are criticizing. PERSIST while others are quitting.

  William Arthur Ward

  Believe, Sleep, Talking

  William Arthur Ward, “Believe while others”

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• A while back, I came across a line attributed to IBM founder Thomas Watson. If you want to achieve excellence, he said, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

  Tom Peters

  Excellent Work, Excellence, Lines

  Tom Peters (2010). “The Pursuit of Wow!: Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times”, p.10, Vintage

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• If we're going to improve the environment, the first thing we should do is duck the government. The second thing we should do is quit being moral. Screw the rights of nature. Nature will have rights as soon as it get duties. The minute we see birds, trees, bugs, and squirrels picking up litter, giving money to charity, and keeping an eye on our kids at the park, we'll let them vote.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Kids, Eye, Squirrels

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty”, p.201, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• You don't get hurt running straight ahead...three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense. I will pound you and pound you until you quit.

  Woody Hayes

  Running, Hurt, Clouds

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• You can always quit, so why quit now.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• We live in a society either scarred by scarcity or spoiled by luxury. We have no idea how much is enough. We don't know when to quit.

  Sharif Abdullah

  Simple, Ideas, Luxury

  Sharif M. Abdullah (1999). “Creating a World That Works for All”, p.209, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

  Whitey Herzog

  Sports, Baseball, Play

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• When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock, I knew it was time to quit.

  Bob Gibson

  Pitching, Slam, Gave Up

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• I'll quit competing when my heart quits beating

  Michael Jordan

  Leadership, Heart, Competing

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• In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Winning, Losing

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• Never quit. Never give up. Fly it to the end.

  Chuck Aaron

  Giving Up, Never Quit, Aviation

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• Memories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own.

  Stephen King

  Memories, Return, Chasing

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• Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.

  Mike Tyson

  Jobs, Thinking, Care

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