Some Quit Smoking Quotes to Keep you Motivated

The Importance of Motivation

Whether you are thinking about quitting smoking or whether you are in the middle of trying to quit for good it is always encouraging to receive some motivation to keep you going. One great way to get motivation is to look outward for inspiration from those that have been there before. That can come in the form of some inspirational quotes or in some cases receiving text messages of support.

In fact, one study by the Cochrane Collaboration, a medical research collaborative, found that people who regularly receive inspirational or motivational text messages to help them quit smoking have a 6 to 10 percent higher chance of quitting than people who don’t receive any texts. The texts are part of a wider program to help people smoking, but it has proven itself to be an essential part of the program.

Never Give Up

It can be easy to get lost in the struggle of trying to quit smoking. Maybe you have fallen short of your goals, maybe you could not resist one day and gave in to your cravings and took a puff or two when you were out with friends and now you feel completely demoralized. According to the study mentioned, there are texts for that too. As one of the study authors mentioned, “a lot of people have little lapses like that and we can just try and boost their motivation to keep going, even after a relapse”.

Who wouldn’t love to get a text like that, especially during a tough time like that? In a private moment of shame and regret, what is better than suddenly receiving a text telling you it’s okay, that you are not alone, that you can still keep going? As Winston Churchill once famously stated, “When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up”.

While not all of these will be directly tied to quitting smoking, they nevertheless can be applied as positive motivation to someone who is trying to quit smoking and is finding that it is the hardest thing they have ever done.

Here are 10 of the best quit smoking quotes:

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.Mark Twain

Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suicide.Kurt Vonnegut

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.Aristotle

Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.Brooke Shields

Smoking I find the most ridiculous of all the varieties of human behavior and practically the only one that is entirely against nature. Can you imagine a cow or any animal taking a mouthful of smoldering straw then breathing in the smoke and blowing it out through its nostrils?Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it dailyZig Ziglar

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.William James

What you are is what you have been, and what you will be is what you do now.Buddha

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing that you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Lao-Tzu

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