Robert W. Service Quotes

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It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
Robert W. Service

Ahead, Shoe, Mountain

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

Words, Sure, Wisest

A promise made is a debt unpaid.
Robert W. Service

Debt, Promise, Unpaid

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

Success, Failure, Winner

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.
Robert W. Service

Book, Fire, Friends

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

Society, Human, Down

Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending.
Robert W. Service

Win, Easy, Avoid

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

Win, Quiet, Race

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

Life, Long, Woman

I remember little of the Yukon or what I wrote there.
Robert W. Service

Remember, Wrote

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

Poetry, Mother, Try

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

Life, Society, Free

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Poet

Born: January 16, 1874

Died: September 11, 1958

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