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. - 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. - 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

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

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

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

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

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