Robert W. Service quotes

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race. (Robert W. Service)
A promise made is a debt unpaid. View quote
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. View quote
Robert W. Service
It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe. View quote
Robert W. Service
Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe. View quote
Robert W. Service
I like to think that when I fall, A rain-drop in Death's shoreless sea, This shelf of books along the wall, Beside my bed, will mourn for me. View quote
Robert W. Service
Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code. View quote
Robert W. Service
I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few; My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that's not too new. View quote
Robert W. Service
Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say. View quote
Robert W. Service
I remember little of the Yukon or what I wrote there. View quote
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. (Robert W. Service)
His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full. View quote
Robert W. Service
Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending. View quote
Robert W. Service
The Wanderlust has got me... by the belly-aching fire. View quote
Robert W. Service
Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark; I thank God for the Night The healing dark. View quote
Robert W. Service
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. View quote
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. View quote
Robert W. Service

Robert W. Service

Robert W. Service - Image
Occupation: Scottish Poet
Born: January 16, 1874
Died: September 11, 1958
Quotes count: 17
Wikipedia: Robert W. Service