50 Quotes About Quitting

Be encouraged to keep going with these quotes about quitting. When obstacles or challenges make you want to stop, remember that continuing forward gives you another chance to learn, grow, and succeed.

Quitting can leave us wondering what might have happened if we had tried one more time. Instead, take things one step at a time, ask others for help, and learn from people who have faced similar challenges. May these quotes encourage determination and perseverance when you need it most. You may also find encouragement in this Don't Quit Poem.

Updated September 28, 2026, by Catherine Pulsifer.

Don't Quit When Life Gets Difficult

There will be times when obstacles, frustration, or disappointment make quitting seem easier. These quotes encourage you to keep moving forward, even when the road becomes difficult.

A pat on the back from a stranger or friend...will bring you right up with new courage and grit and you'll keep in the fight when you were going to quit
Edgar A. Guest, A Pat On The Back

Darkness should never be an excuse to quit, for with God, darkness is the exact stuff that light was built for.
Craig D. Lounsbrough

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong

From rich and poor, from strong and weak, will come a thousand snares; let each one but a lesson be, to guide past future cares.
David V. Bush, Don't Lose Your Goat

You see, in life, we all must face times when we feel we are in the wrong place. But we never give up and accept defeat for you will find determination is sweet!
Catherine Pulsifer, If You Give Up

When all the world's against you, yet-undaunted, on you press-that's where Endurance triumphs, crowning effort with success.
Patience Strong, Endurance

Frustrating times when you may want to quit. When it gets rough or you hit a roadblock, you must forge ahead and keep going.
Dana Arcuri

So next time you have that feeling creep up don't give in and don't give up. You may have to do it another way but realize that is okay.
Catherine Pulsifer, We All Feel It

There was never a cloud could hide the sun for more than a day or two; so don't be so ready to quit and run, when adversity comes to you.
Unknown, Holdfast!

‪Life can break you many times before you get your big break.‬
Curtis Tyrone Jones

Determination, Grit And Perseverance

Determination helps us continue when progress is slow and the outcome is uncertain. These quotes remind us that persistence, grit, and steady effort can carry us farther than giving up.

Most people quit because they look how far they have to go, not how far they have come.
Ziad K. Abdelnour

Patience is a virtue that yields beautiful rewards, just like a seed planted in the ground with time and care it grows - you don't quit because your garden does not grow fast - the same is true in life.
C. A. Pulsifer

Keep at it! Always at it - this accomplishes results.
F. M Fradenburgh, Advice For Going Forward

A sluggard's plea is no excuse. It is inferior to the little ant; busy as a bee, industrious is he, that never says I can't.
J. J. Thorne

The man who misses all the fun is he who says, "It can't be done."
Unknown, It Can't Be Done

It is those who stop and do no more, those who quit and don't try to score. They are the ones that accept defeat, over and over defeat they repeat.
Catherine Pulsifer, Just Keep On Going

Don't quit, move forward each day, accepting ups and downs, don't get signals mixed.
Catherine Pulsifer, Life Lessons

Everybody believes in the determined man people know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.
Orison Swett Marden, Genius and Power

In storm and in sunshine, whatever assail, you'll onward and conquer, and never say fail.
Daniel C. Colesworthy

The man who has the nerve and grit will like the bulldog, never quit.
David V. Bush

Success Comes When You Keep Going

Success rarely happens all at once. These quotes encourage patience, effort, learning from mistakes, and continuing to work toward your goals when results take longer than expected.

You are about to succeed when the urge to quit is the greatest.
Amit Kalantri

Take action and make your goal come alive - don't let your goal become part of an archive.
Catherine Pulsifer, Let Yourself Dream

You succeed in life when you don't quit when you don't give up. You can always try again, one more time, perhaps a different way, or perhaps with some help, but what is most important is that you do try again.
Catherine Pulsifer

Quitting: easy. Daring to triumph: hard.
Laird Hamilton

So each day commit to do your best, don't quit. Giving effort and energy will move you forward, you will see.
Catherine Pulsifer, Success In Life

Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.
Conrad Hilton

To quit is to fail - as long as you are still in the game you are succeeding!
Lindsey Rietzsch

Success is a slow process, and quitting does not speed it up.
Jeffrey Fry

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Edison

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Napoleon Hill

Try Again, Learn And Start Over

Quitting is not the only response when something goes wrong. Sometimes the better choice is to learn from what happened, adjust your approach, ask for help, and try again.

If you give up and quit you will always wonder "what if". Take a deep breath and start again let learning and failure be a friend.
Catherine Pulsifer, What If

The road of life with all its strife is strewn with bones, “I can’t.” The skeletons of men who’ve quit you’ll pass up to life’s peak, but man! have pluck to do and dare!
David V. Bush, Find Your Work - Then Leap

Just keep learning through your mistakes - don't give up, you have what it takes!
Catherine Pulsifer, One Lesson

I nearly gave up when the thing looked so bad, I had almost decided to quit: I'm surprised at myself at the courage I had, and I'm glad that I had so much grit.
Unknown, Reflection

School enough, I am going to quit...I talked about this to friends of mine they did not think quitting would be fine
Catherine Pulsifer, Quit?

At the end, someone or something always gives up. It is either you give up and quit or the obstacle or failure gives up and makes way for your success to come through.
Idowu Koyenikan

Striving for successful goals will have a tendency at times to be discouraging, thankless, and mentally draining. You are entitled to these feelings, however you are not entitled to give up.
Dewayne Owens

Who quits on the turnpike of struggle and pain, and ceases to win as he deems it all vain. But in parting I mention a thing that is true —it is never too late for a come-back — for YOU!
David V. Bush

Have you said, " 'Tis the end, Life's too hard a school, I will quit, for success never came".....just you try again, with that spirit of yore, for success is a-coming to you!
David V. Bush, Never Say Die

The worse thing we can do is give up or quit. Don't quit; take one step at a time and the hill will not seem as steep or high!
Byron Pulsifer

Hope, Faith And A Positive Outlook

Hope and faith can give us another reason to continue when we feel discouraged. These quotes remind us to look ahead, keep believing, and hold on to the possibility that circumstances can change.

As the day is what you make it - be positive and happy, don't quit!
Catherine Pulsifer, May Your Day Be Full

But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.
2 Chronicles 15:7 (NIV)

Even horses quit their pullin' when the driver doesn't smile, but they'll buckle to the traces when they hear a glad giddap
Edgar A. Guest, Laughter

We will realize life is much more than about getting, It's about loving, giving and not quitting.
Julie Hebert, Live Life

Just never let go of hope. Just never quit dreaming.
Jancarl Campi, Never Let Go Of Hope

Never quit. Work hard. Expect setbacks. It’s not easy. But you can and you will. And it will be worth it all.
Emilyann Allen

Can turn you away from the thing that you want, if dogged and grim you besiege and beset it, you’ll get it!
Berton Braley

In difficult times, we’re not supposed to quit believing; we’re not supposed to quit growing.
Joel Osteen

Face the sunshine — let its warmth your pleasure heighten; face the sunshine and be quit of grief and dole.
Strickland Gillilan

The reason I never can quit the road is a reason that's plain and clear....there's a place beyond the place I am, wherever I may be at, and then beyond is a place beyond and the world beyond all that!
Berton Braley

Conclusion

There will be times when quitting seems easier than continuing, especially when progress is slow or the road ahead feels difficult. But taking one more step, trying a different approach, or asking someone for help may be exactly what keeps you moving forward.

May these quotes remind you that setbacks do not have to be the end of the story. Learn from what has happened, hold on to hope, and give yourself another opportunity to try. You may be closer to your goal than you realize.

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