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title: "8 Quit Start Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [You always say 'I'll quit when I start to slide', and then one morning you wake up and realize you've done slid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugar-ray-robinson/you-always-say-i-ll-quit-when-i-start-to-slide-and-then-one-morning/)

[Sugar Ray Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugar-ray-robinson/)

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> [“If you’re going to quit, quit before you start. Reject the system. Don’t play the game if you realize you can’t be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/if-you-re-going-to-quit-quit-before-you-start-reject-the-system-don-t/)

[Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/)

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> [“How often do people start down a path and then give up on it entirely? How many treadmills, exercise bikes, and weight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-duckworth/how-often-do-people-start-down-a-path-and-then-give-up-on-it-entirely/)

[Angela Duckworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-duckworth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/angela-duckworth-2560_fitness_how-often-do-people-start-down-a-path-an_1437472.jpg)

> [The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/the-trouble-with-most-people-is-that-they-quit-before-they-start/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [“May you be tired and afraid overwhelmed and ready to quit. Quit! Start over, over ten thousand times over roll out, get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-maezen-miller/may-you-be-tired-and-afraid-overwhelmed-and-ready-to-quit-quit-start/)

[Karen Maezen Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-maezen-miller/)

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> [The stuff I do, I do every day, and I've been doing it for long periods of time. I don't start and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-simmons/the-stuff-i-do-i-do-every-day-and-i-ve-been-doing-it-for-long-periods/)

[Russell Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-simmons/)

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> [The best way to quit is to never start.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aisha/the-best-way-to-quit-is-to-never-start/)

[Aisha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aisha/)

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> [“Many of us, it seems, quit what we start far too early and far too often. Even more than the effort a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-duckworth/many-of-us-it-seems-quit-what-we-start-far-too-early-and-far-too/)

[Angela Duckworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-duckworth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/angela-duckworth-2560_next-day_many-of-us-it-seems-quit-what-we-start-f_3029439.jpg)

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