Giving Up Quotes - Page 12

• In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.

  Roger Mudd

  President, Privacy, Influence

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• The achievement of freedom is hardly possible without the felt mourning. This ability to mourn, i.e, to give up the illusion of a happy childhood, can restore vitality and creativity if a person is able to experience that he was never loved as a child for what he was, but for his achievements, success and good qualities. And that he sacrificed his childhood for this love, this will shake him very deeply.

  Alice Miller

  Children, Self Esteem, Creativity

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• Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.

  Louis Mann

  Commitment, Sacrifice, Something Better

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• There is no harder thing to give up than the thing that was supposed to make you happy.

  Robert Breault

  Giving, Make You Happy, Harder

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• I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up.

  Olga Korbut

  Courage, Thinking, Might

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• What we call truths are just those errors that we cannot give up.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Thinking, Errors, Not Giving Up

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• As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.

  Naturi Naughton

  Focus, Black, Care

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• I'm 57, I can't look like a 30-year-old. You try to hold age at bay, but there comes a point when you just have to give up gracefully.

  Elton John

  Years, Age, Trying

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• When you give up the hope that some advisor, some system, some source of inside tips is going to give you a shortcut to wealth, you'll finally begin to gain control over your financial future.

  Harry Browne

  Over You, Gains, Shortcuts

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• But it's hard for a man to give up all his pleasures, even when they don't pleasure him no more.

  Stephen King

  Life, Men, Pleasure

  Stephen King (2016). “Thinner”, p.149, Simon and Schuster

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• Remember, a person who wins success may have been counted out many times before. He wins because he refuses to give up.

  Kemmons Wilson

  Winning, May, Remember

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• Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

  Maya Angelou

  Being Strong, Don't Give Up, Be Kind

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• Everyone gets caught inside when surfing. You have 2 options. Give up or paddle outside. Life is the same. Keep paddling!

  Gerry Lopez

  Surfing, Paddling, Life Is

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• By our attitude, we decide to read, or not to read. By our attitude, we decide to try or give up. By our attitude, we blame ourselves for our failure, or we blame others. Our attitude determines whether we tell the truth or lie, act or procrastinate, advance or recede, and by our own attitude we and we alone actually decide whether to succeed or fail.

  Jim Rohn

  Attitude, Lying, Deep Thought

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 19, 2012

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• Many bodybuilders sell themselves short. Erroneously attributing their lack of satisfactory progress to a poverty of the requisite genetic traits, instead of to their irrational training and dietary practices, they give up training. Don't make the same mistake

  Mike Mentzer

  Mistake, Practice, Training

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• What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is true success in life? True success means winning in your battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Dream, Mistake, Mean

  Daisaku Ikeda (2000). “The Way of Youth: Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions”, p.107, Middleway Press

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• Missionaries never give up on their dream of peace, even when they experience difficulties and persecution, which makes their presence strongly felt today.

  Pope Francis

  Dream, Today, Difficulty

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• You have to love what you do. Without passion, great success is hard to come by. An entrepreneur will have tough times if he or she isn't passionate about what they're doing. People who love what they're doing don't give up. It's never even a consideration. It's a pretty simple formula.

  Donald Trump

  Passion, Don't Give Up, Simple

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• Whoever said anyone has the right to give up.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Giving, Said

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• The next time you're disappointed, don't panic. Don't give up. Just be patient and let God remind you He's still in control.

  Max Lucado

  Letting Go, Don't Give Up, Panic

  Max Lucado (2007). “1 and 2 Peter”, p.116, Harper Collins

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• Why are you so docile when you give up your child to a government agent called a schoolteacher?

  John Taylor Gatto

  Children, Government, Agents

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• A leader can give up anything - except final responsibility.

  John C. Maxwell

  Responsibility, Leader, Finals

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.69, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Unless you make tremendous efforts, you will not be convinced that effort will take you nowhere. The self is so self-confident that unless it is totally discouraged it will not give up. Mere verbal conviction is not enough. Hard facts alone can show the absolute nothingness of the self-image.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Self, Effort, Facts

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• Sooner or later, many idealists transform themselves into disheartened realists who mistakenly believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.

  Seth Godin

  Believe, Being Real, Realist

  Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.29, Penguin

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• I'm not the type of person to give up just because something gets rough. That's a coward. That's not me.

  Kevin Garnett

  Coward, Type, Rough

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