--- title: "8 Quit Quotes By Seth Godin" description: "8 Quit quotes by Seth Godin. Plus more from Seth Godin and more Quit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/seth-godin-152_quit_if-you-re-going-to-quit-quit-before-you_753733.png" --- > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/seth-godin-152_quit_if-you-re-going-to-quit-quit-before-you_753733.png) > [Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/winners-quit-all-the-time-they-just-quit-the-right-stuff-at-the-right/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/seth-godin-152_football_winners-quit-all-the-time-they-just-quit_914966.png) > [“The next time you catch yourself being average when you feel like quitting, realize that you have only two good choices: Quit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-next-time-you-catch-yourself-being-average-when-you-feel-like/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/seth-godin-152_good-choices_the-next-time-you-catch-yourself-being-a_1295886.png) > [“Quit the wrong stuff. Stick with the right stuff. Have the guts to do one or the other. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/quit-the-wrong-stuff-stick-with-the-right-stuff-have-the-guts-to-do/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/seth-godin-152_quit_quit-the-wrong-stuff-stick-with-the-righ_1324995.png) > [Life is not about gutting out every situation. It's about identifying opportunity or the lack thereof. If your pride is all that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/life-is-not-about-gutting-out-every-situation-it-s-about-identifying/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45a/seth-godin-152_care_life-is-not-about-gutting-out-every-situ_1588862.png) > [Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/quit-or-be-exceptional-average-is-for-losers/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/seth-godin-152_average_quit-or-be-exceptional-average-is-for-lo_2310312.png) > [The challenge is simple: Quitting when you hit the Dip is a bad idea. If the journey you started was worth doing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-challenge-is-simple-quitting-when-you-hit-the-dip-is-a-bad-idea/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/seth-godin-152_bad-idea_the-challenge-is-simple-quitting-when-yo_2703659.jpg) > [“most competitors quit long before they’ve created something that makes it to the top.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/most-competitors-quit-long-before-they-ve-created-something-that/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/seth-godin-152_competitors_most-competitors-quit-long-before-they-v_2721799.png) ## Other authors on Quit ## More by Seth Godin > [“You weren't born to be a cog in the giant industrial machine. You were trained to become a cog. There's an alternative available to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/you-weren-t-born-to-be-a-cog-in-the-giant-industrial-machine-you-were/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/forgive-yourself-for-not-being-the-richest-the-thinnest-the-tallest/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-easier-it-is-to-quantify-the-less-it-s-worth/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/developing-expertise-or-assets-that-are-not-easily-copied-is/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [Leadership is a choice. It's the choice not to do nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/leadership-is-a-choice-it-s-the-choice-not-to-do-nothing/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [The next thing you do today will be the most important thing on your agenda, because, after all, you're doing it next. Well, perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-next-thing-you-do-today-will-be-the-most-important-thing-on-your/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [I look at Starbucks, Howard Schultz has made many brilliant decisions, and one of the things that they did was they invented the third…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/i-look-at-starbucks-howard-schultz-has-made-many-brilliant-decisions/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/be-relentlessly-generous-without-focusing-on-when-it-will-come-back/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-public-square-is-more-public-than-ever-but-minds-are-rarely/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [Making an average pitch to average people, or having an average gala for average people isn't going to scale anymore. You've got to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/making-an-average-pitch-to-average-people-or-having-an-average-gala/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/our-job-is-to-make-change-our-job-is-to-connect-to-people-to-interact/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [“Life is actually far better than it is in the movies. And it takes longer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/life-is-actually-far-better-than-it-is-in-the-movies-and-it-takes/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [I don't think there's a shortage of remarkable ideas. I think your business has plenty of great opportunities to do great things. Nope, what's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/i-don-t-think-there-s-a-shortage-of-remarkable-ideas-i-think-your/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-mirror-we-hold-up-to-the-person-next-to-us-is-one-of-the-most/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [If you're a marketer who doesn't know how to invent, design, influence, adapt, and ultimately discard products, then you're no longer a marketer. You're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/if-you-re-a-marketer-who-doesn-t-know-how-to-invent-design-influence/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/quit/seth-godin/#itemlist", "name": "8 Quit Quotes By Seth Godin", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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 the best in the world. 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