Quotes About Quitting

A person who is often basking in the glare of publicity may look to the people that he is quitting his high position, but actually he might be going for a higher promotion.

My brother and I played music together, and we all liked to show off. But I wasn't a particularly musical kid. I did piano lessons and quit. I got kicked out of the choir.

When I turned 17, that's when it all got a bit too much. I decided to stop doing pretty much everything. I quit football. I wouldn't get up in the morning. I wouldn't go out of my room. I was very depressed.

Yeah, my very first teacher when I was 6 was a big influence, because it was so boring that I quit guitar.

I quit karate originally because it wasn't something that I was initially passionate about.

I tried college and I hated that. I seem to quit everything I do.

There was a time in the UFC, after the Anthony Johnson fight, where I said, 'You know what? I'm gonna quit making a big deal of these fights. I'm gonna have fun and make it exciting and enjoy the process.'

I'm a positive person. Things were cancelled? So what? Wally's going on. Why are people so negative? I'm not a quitter.

I never thought my choice to leave the NFL would lead to 'Face the Nation.' When I first thought of quitting, I cringed at the notion of becoming a football safety advocate. I was making a personal decision; I never set out to influence others.

If I had to choose Reaganomics or 13 staffers quitting, I think for the average working American, Reaganomics was a much better deal.

After quitting my job with Sea Rock, I became a Mukta Arts flunky.

I used to think aging was a scam, a total abdication of your self. Well, aging's not a scam, but quitting is.

I have no problem quitting things, because I have a horror of boredom.

I was in my 30s when I quit my job and ran for Congress. So often, we're told it's OK to take these big career leaps when we're in our 20s, but we cast such an unfavorable light on those who take big risks later on in their careers or when they start families. There's enormous pressure to have it all figured out.

Golf made me feel like a loser. So I dismissed it.

But there is no withdrawal, but with tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did, I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but tobacco - oh my god.

Any of these techniques should improve your willpower and could be a good warm-up for tackling a bigger challenge, like quitting smoking or sticking to a budget.

At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since.

Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations

All coping does is waste your time and misdirect your energy. If the best you can do is cope, you're better off quitting.

The next time you catch yourself being average when you feel like quitting, realize that you have only two good choices: Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.

Quitting is better than coping because quitting frees you up to excel at something else.

Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations. Reactive quitting and serial quitting are the bane of those that strive (and fail) to get what they want. And most people do just that. They quit when it's painful and stick when they can't be bothered to quit.

the stupid thing to do is to start, give it your best shot, waste a lot of time and money, and quit right in the middle of the Dip.