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Robert W. Service quotes: 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.

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.

Robert W. Service quotes: Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit -It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit -
It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

Robert W. Service quotes: The Wanderlust has got me ... by the belly-aching fire

The Wanderlust has got me ... by the belly-aching fire

Robert W. Service quotes: Dirt is just matter out of place.

Dirt is just matter out of place.

Robert W. Service quotes: 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 quotes: Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.

Now a promise made is a debt unpaid,
and the trail has its own stern code.

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 quotes: 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 quotes: A promise made is a debt unpaid

A promise made is a debt unpaid

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

I remember little of the Yukon or what I wrote there.

Robert W. Service quotes: Of Books and Scribes there are no end:This Plague--and who can doubt it?Dismays me so, I've sadly pennedAnother book about it.

Of Books and Scribes there are no end:
This Plague--and who can doubt it?
Dismays me so, I've sadly penned
Another book about it.

Robert W. Service quotes: 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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The man who can fight to heaven's own height is the man who can fight when he's losing.

The man who can fight to heaven's own height is the man who can fight when he's losing.

Robert W. Service quotes: Ah! the clock is always slow; it is later than you think.

Ah! the clock is always slow; it is later than you think.

Robert W. Service quotes: Carry on! Carry on! Fight the good fight and true; Believe in you mission, greet life with a cheer;

Carry on! Carry on! Fight the good fight and true; Believe in you mission, greet life with a cheer;

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

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

Robert W. Service quotes: Even goats may have starlight in their eyes.

Even goats may have starlight in their eyes.

Robert W. Service quotes: 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 quotes: This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.

This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.

Robert W. Service quotes: Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.

Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.

Robert W. Service quotes: Some praise the Lord for Light,The living spark;I thank God for the NightThe healing dark.

Some praise the Lord for Light,
The living spark;
I thank God for the Night
The healing dark.

Robert W. Service quotes: Old Year! upon the Stage of Time You stand to bow your last adieu; A moment, and the prompter's chime Will ring the curtain down on you.

Old Year! upon the Stage of Time You stand to bow your last adieu; A moment, and the prompter's chime Will ring the curtain down on you.

Robert W. Service quotes: The happy man is he who knows his limitations, yet bows to no false gods.

The happy man is he who knows his limitations, yet bows to no false gods.

Robert W. Service quotes: The lonely sunsets flare forlorn Down valleys dreadly desolate; The lonely mountains soar in scorn As still as death, as stern as fate.

The lonely sunsets flare forlorn Down valleys dreadly desolate; The lonely mountains soar in scorn As still as death, as stern as fate.

Robert W. Service quotes: I have no doubt at all the Devil grins,As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my "literary" sins The other kind don't matter.

I have no doubt at all the Devil grins,
As seas of ink I spatter.
Ye gods, forgive my "literary" sins
The other kind don't matter.