--- title: "8 Rule Going Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Rule Going quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Rule Going sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/jill-ellis-6642_enforce_why-have-a-rule-if-you-re-not-going-to-e_429953.jpg" --- > [Why have a rule if you're not going to enforce it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ellis/why-have-a-rule-if-you-re-not-going-to-enforce-it/) [Jill Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/jill-ellis-6642_enforce_why-have-a-rule-if-you-re-not-going-to-e_429953.jpg) > [“Last year I made a rule that I was going to quit horsing around with girls that, deep down, gave me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/last-year-i-made-a-rule-that-i-was-going-to-quit-horsing-around-with/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/j-d-salinger-560_catcher-in-the-rye_last-year-i-made-a-rule-that-i-was-going_854126.png) > [“Eaton looks to the man next to him, who licks his lips before saying, “There are rules on paper and rules too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/eaton-looks-to-the-man-next-to-him-who-licks-his-lips-before-saying/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/maggie-stiefvater-76_discrimination_eaton-looks-to-the-man-next-to-him-who-l_855279.png) > [There are two rules for achieving anything. Rule No. 1: Get started. Rule No. 2: Keep going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-howard-hunt/there-are-two-rules-for-achieving-anything-rule-no-1-get-started-rule/) [E. Howard Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-howard-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/e-howard-hunt-40822_achieve_there-are-two-rules-for-achieving-anythi_2030797.png) > [If you give Chip a boundary, he's going to break that boundary. If you give him a rule, he's not going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-gaines/if-you-give-chip-a-boundary-he-s-going-to-break-that-boundary-if-you/) [Joanna Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-gaines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/joanna-gaines-21939_break_if-you-give-chip-a-boundary-he-s-going-t_2211949.jpg) > [“Nothing but rules. Rule the first: no callers at the front door. Rule the second: no callers at the back door. Rule…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-o-brien/nothing-but-rules-rule-the-first-no-callers-at-the-front-door-rule/) [Edna O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77a/edna-o-brien-2155_front-door_nothing-but-rules-rule-the-first-no-call_2407532.png) > [“fact, that rule is going to be around for awhile.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-kess/fact-that-rule-is-going-to-be-around-for-awhile/) [John R. Kess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-kess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65f/john-r-kess-249595_awhile_fact-that-rule-is-going-to-be-around-for_2755859.jpg) > [“Gem, there is an exception to every rule and we are going to be it. I'm not losing you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-pearl/gem-there-is-an-exception-to-every-rule-and-we-are-going-to-be-it-i-m/) [Melissa Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-pearl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/melissa-pearl-35610_romance_gem-there-is-an-exception-to-every-rule_2771415.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rule-going/#itemlist", "name": "Rule Going Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why have a rule if you're not going to enforce it?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Ellis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ellis/why-have-a-rule-if-you-re-not-going-to-enforce-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/jill-ellis-6642_enforce_why-have-a-rule-if-you-re-not-going-to-e_429953.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/jill-ellis-6642_enforce_why-have-a-rule-if-you-re-not-going-to-e_429953.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/jill-ellis-6642_enforce_why-have-a-rule-if-you-re-not-going-to-e_429953.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why have a rule if you're not going to enforce it?” — Jill Ellis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Last year I made a rule that I was going to quit horsing around with girls that, deep down, gave me a pain in the ass. 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