"It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win……" — Robert W. Service
"It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race."
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32 Quotes by Robert W. Service
Robert W. Service has 32 quotes on this site.
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The happy man is he who knows his limitations, yet bows to no false gods.
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Ah! the clock is always slow; it is later than you think.
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Old Year! upon the Stage of Time You stand to bow your last adieu; A moment, and the prompter's chime…
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Carry on! Carry on! Fight the good fight and true; Believe in you mission, greet life with a cheer;
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Even goats may have starlight in their eyes.
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The trails of the world be countless, and most of the trails be tried; You tread on the heels of…
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And each forgets, as he strips and runs With a brilliant, fitful pace, It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones Who…
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The lonely sunsets flare forlorn Down valleys dreadly desolate; The lonely mountains soar in scorn As still as death, as…
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Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.
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When children's children shall talk of War as a madness that may not be; When we thank our God for…
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It's easy to fight when everything's right And you're mad with the thrill and the glory; It's easy to cheer…
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It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
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I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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When my kids wanted to give up on things, I wouldn't let them, and those are lifelong lessons.
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The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment…
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The decision to speak out is the vocation and lifelong peril by which the intellectual must live.
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The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes…
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