Author: Robert W. Service

Quotes

Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.

Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.

- Robert W. Service

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

- Robert W. Service

No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.

No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.

- Robert W. Service

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

- Robert W. Service

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.

- Robert W. Service

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

- Robert W. Service

His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full.

His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full.

- Robert W. Service

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

- Robert W. Service

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