There are moments in every entrepreneur’s life when they contemplate giving up. But, it’s the ones that keep going despite the tough times who end up succeeding. Here are some inspiring quotes to help you keep going when things get tough. Let these words of wisdom motivate you to continue working hard and chasing your dreams.

The best quit quotes

1. Diversity of form factor matters, and not compromising either form factor. You need diversity of price point. That’s quite important. — Steve Ballmer

2. Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are — we love what we love. We don’t need to justify it to anyone… not even to ourselves.

3. It [discovering Finnish] was like discovering a wine–cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me. — J.R.R. Tolkien

4. It’s quite easy to make a load of people laugh, it’s often a reflex action, but I think to make them cry is harder without manipulating them. — Ricky Gervais

5. To give you an idea how well I was doing at the time I quit, I was the only one who knew I quit. — Rodney Dangerfield

6. When you’re young you can’t work out the age of an adult–they’re just quite old, old, or very old. — Michael Morpurgo, Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

7. The first few hours in the cell were quite stimulating. I’d never been in a prison cell before and was quite enjoying the experience. — Tahir Shah, In Search of King Solomon’s Mines

8. The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no longer be borne. — William Styron

9. I’d done stage musicals for quite a few years, starting with ‘Grease’ in Auckland. — Russell Crowe

10. I never quit until I get what I want. — Thomas A

11. A play that works well and is done quite a lot–I’ve never done the math–but it’s probably more remunerative than a movie. — Tom Stoppard

12. I do like the world quite a lot. — Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days

13. The first couple of weeks of filming were quite tricky for me to find my feet with the character [Maigret], which wasn’t helped by the story that we were telling. — Rowan Atkinson

14. All in All i am pretty satisfied about how the race went. we had three safety car phases and (i had) pretty good restarts, so All in All i am quite happy about the race. — Michael Schumacher

15. We are all, he says, the sport of destiny. Ah, but not quite. Destiny is an intelligent force, moving with purpose. — Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche

16. I have a desire to tell stories. And I’m never quite satisfied. — Martin Scorsese

17. I’ve always wanted to do right in life. But the wanting and the doing aren’t quite the same thing. — Mark Wahlberg

18. This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know about. — Rudyard Kipling

19. Don’t quit because it’s hard. Quit because it’s not hard enough — Yoan Alexandrov

20. I have woken up…quite sloshedfrom night–mingled rainsa little drugged, by mountain fogsI have been kidnappedfor years….by a mere kiss. — Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos

21. What consoles one nowadays is not repentance but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date. — Oscar Wilde

22. Tell the trial lawyers to get out of your state and to quit costing businessmen and women. — Rick Perry

23. Our industry is going through quite a wave of innovation and it’s being powered by a phenomenon which is referred to as the cloud. — Steve Ballmer

24. It seems quite impossible to walk in America. — Roger Bannister

25. Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself. — Oscar Wilde

26. A ‘Bay Area Bisexual’ told me I didn’t quite coincide with either of her desires. — Woody Allen

27. Mary Poppins was very vain and liked to look her best. Indeed, she was quite sure that she never looked anything else. — P.L. Travers

28. In some peculiar way, indeed, the rules were now beginning to seem quite logical. It was then I knew that I had been in India long enough. — Tahir Shah, Beyond The Devil’s Teeth

29. Quit worrying about your health. It’ll go away. — William Osler

30. People can be quite bullish with their opinions. That does not mean they have their finger on the pulse. It just means they value their own opinion. — Tori Amos

31. Women were doing quite well in this country before feminism came along. — Rush Limbaugh

32. When it looks impossible and you are ready to quit, victory is near! — Tony Robbins

33. I try and have a relaxed attitude and stay quite switched off until about an hour before kick–off. — Roy Keane

34. ‘she smiled again. ”Do you like cat?” she said.”Yes, ” said Richard. ”I quite like cats.”Anaesthesia looked relieved. ”Thigh?” she asked, ”or breast?’ — Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

35. It’s quite simple. I just don’t feel right without a pen in my hand denting a hole through my notepad. — Veronika Carnaby

36. Slavery is slavery. The chain of gold is quite as bad as the chain of iron. Is there a way out? — Swami Vivekananda

37. Standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and I’m quite sure I’m in the wrong song. — Tori Amos

38. I love the game too much to quit. — Roberto Clemente

39. I’m quite certain offering to carry out a contract killing violates at least two of Emily Post’s etiquette rules.’––Sloane Barrett, Killer Curves — Naima Simone, Killer Curves

40. You don’t quit because you happen to be behind. You want to see how you do. And who knows? Maybe somebody will stumble. — Ron Paul

41. He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. — Samuel Johnson

42. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over–canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk–roses and with eglantine. — William Shakespeare

43. My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim. — Queen Elizabeth II

44. I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite amazing. — Rita Dove

45. It is greatest to believe and to hope well of the world, because he who does so, quits the world of experience, and makes the world he lives in. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

46. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few, well–chosen, well–timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune. — Sam Walton

47. For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds. — Sally Ride

48. I know a couple of my friends–quite a few–there is a conservative movement in Hollywood, and we kind of stay amongst ourselves. — Robert Davi

49. If you know the art of finding some things in a quite empty street, then you know the art of happiness! — Mehmet Murat ildan

50. Don’t let the time convince you to quit, instead, convince the time to extend with patience. — Nathaniel E. Quimada

Conclusion

We hope these quotes have inspired you to keep going and never give up, even when the going gets tough. Quitting is not the answer, so push through and stay motivated. Remember that success is within your reach and you can achieve anything you set your mind to. With hard work and dedication, you can achieve greatness.