"If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up"
About this Quote
The intent is simple but not gentle: transfer agency back to the person who feels stuck. It’s not “the system is unfair” or “healing takes time” (both can be true). It’s “you’re participating in the loop.” That’s the subtext that makes it land and also makes it risky. It’s a line that works best when the obstacle is mainly internal: procrastination, fear of embarrassment, perfectionism disguised as standards. It’s less useful when “giving up” is actually self-protection from unsafe conditions or structural constraints.
Context matters because LaBeouf’s public persona is a messy collision of ambition, spectacle, and self-sabotage. Coming from an actor whose career has ping-ponged between major success and public unraveling, the quote carries the grit of someone who knows restarts aren’t inspirational montages; they’re humiliating, repetitive, and expensive. Its power is its impatience: motivation as intervention, not affirmation. The line doesn’t promise transformation. It promises one thing you can control: the decision not to quit today.
Quote Details
| Topic | Never Give Up |
|---|---|
| Source | Later attribution: Người Hiệu Suất Cao (Tập 1) (Nguyễn Đức Công Khanh, 2023) modern compilationISBN: 9786047798667 · ID: 9o3LEAAAQBAJ
Evidence:
... Shia LaBeouf , anh đã nói : “ Một số người thì mơ về các giấc mơ của mình , trong khi đó , bạn sẽ thức dậy và làm ... If you're tired of starting over , stop giving up " - Shia LaBeouf . THỰC. HÀNH. Như bạn đã biết , động lực của bạn ... |
| Featured | This quote was our Quote of the Day on July 5, 2023 |
| Cite | Cite this Quote |
Citation Formats
APA Style (7th ed.)
LaBeouf, Shia. (2026, January 11). If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-youre-tired-of-starting-over-stop-giving-up-171426/
Chicago Style
LaBeouf, Shia. "If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up." FixQuotes. January 11, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-youre-tired-of-starting-over-stop-giving-up-171426/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up." FixQuotes, 11 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-youre-tired-of-starting-over-stop-giving-up-171426/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.










