Giving Up Quotes - Page 28

• Commitment becomes hysterical when those who have nothing to give advocate generosity, and those who have nothing to give up preach renunciation.

  Eric Hoffer

  Commitment, Generosity, Hysterical

  "Reflections on the Human Condition". Book by Eric Hoffer, Section 44, 1973.

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• The artist who gives up an hour of work for an hour of conversation with a friend knows that he is sacrificing a reality for something that does not exist.

  Marcel Proust

  Sacrifice, Reality, Artist

  Marcel Proust (2000). “In Search of Lost Time, Volume VI: Time Regained (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.268, Modern Library

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• As a great part of the uneasiness of matrimony arises from mere trifles,, it would be wise in every young married man to enter into an agreement with his wife, that in all disputes of this kind the party who was most convinced they were right should always surrender the victory. By which means both would be more forward to give up the cause.

  Henry Fielding

  Wise, Party, Mean

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• Villainy, when detected, never gives up, but boldly adds impudence to imposture.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Add, Impudence, Villainy

  Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Enquiry into the present state of polite learning. The citizen of the world”, p.467

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• John Wesley said that if you give up the witchcraft, you must give up the Bible. He is right. The choice is easy for me.

  Rupert Hughes

  Choices, Easy, Said

  Rupert Hughes (1940). “Why I Quit Going to Church: With Answers to Critics and Correspondents”

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• All of us, in a sense, struggle continuously all the time, because we never get what we want. The important thing which I've really learned is how do you not give up, because you never succeed in the first attempt.

  Mukesh Ambani

  Struggle, Important, Want

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• However depressed I may be I am not in the habit of giving up a project without having tried everything, even the 'impossible', to gain my end.

  Paul Gauguin

  Determination, May, Gains

  Paul Gauguin (2012). “Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal”, p.7, Courier Corporation

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• Manet wanted one day to paint my wife and children. Renoir was there. He took a canvas and began painting them, too. After a while, Manet took me aside and whispered, 'You're on very good terms with Renoir and take an interest in his future - do advise him to give up painting! You can see for yourself that it's not his metier at all.

  Claude Monet

  Children, Wife, One Day

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• There cannot be any great happiness in the married life except each in turn give up his or her own humors and lesser inclinations.

  Samuel Richardson

  Married, Matrimony, Turns

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• No one can liberate you, for no one has bound you; you hold on to the nettle of worldly pleasures and you weep for pain. The kite is pursued by the crows so long as it carries the fish in its beak, it twists and turns in the sky trying to last and it drops the fish. That moment it is free. So give up the attachment to the senses; then grief and worry can harass you no more.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Pain, Grief, Attachment

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Sep 07, 2016

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• Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Hatred, Quiet, Ashamed

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Dec 06, 2015

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• Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.

  Catullus

  Gratitude, Grateful, Thinking

  'Carmina' no. 73

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• Don't give up your power.

  Billy Crystal

  Don't Give Up, Power, Giving

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• For all the power of video and film, I am not giving up my pen... together they are more than the sum of their parts.

  Naomi Wolf

  Together, Video, Film

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• Give up the idea of 'color' for awhile! Consider masses - values, only... One dark and one light place in every picture.

  William Morris Hunt

  Dark, Light, Color

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• Charity requires sacrifice, and members of Congress could set a good example of charity by giving up their pay increase.

  Tom Coburn

  Sacrifice, Example, Charity

  "Some Lawmakers Suggest Pay Freeze to Help Hurricane Recovery". Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. September 26, 2005.

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• We have to yet really seriously debate the constitutional issues and whether or not we're willing to give up more freedom in order to have more security.

  William Cohen

  Freedom, Order, Issues

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• If I could leave this body with one wish, it would be that we never give up that search for common ground, .. The politics of common ground will not be found on the far right, or on the far left. That is not where most Americans live. We will only find it on the firm middle ground, based on common sense and shared values.

  Tom Daschle

  Common Sense, Wish, Would Be

  "Daschle: 'Grateful for every moment", www.cnn.com. November 19, 2004.

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• I thought for a change I would give up drinking, and it was a great mistake, and, although I reduced the size of my nose and improved my beauty, my stomach suffered.

  Winslow Homer

  Mistake, Drinking, Size

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• Hang in there. If you believe what you're doing is unique. Otherwise give up or sound like Nirvana or Pearl Jam.

  Joey Ramone

  Believe, Unique, Sound

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• Shedding the carapace we have been building so assiduously on the surface, we must by definition give up exactly what we thought was necessary to protect us from further harm.

  David Whyte

  Insecurity, Definitions, Building

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• Many days you will want to give up because of rejections and failures. Passion to be an artist will help you prevail where others fail.

  Jack White

  Passion, Artist, Rejection

  Jack White (2013). “Messages of Effusion: Challenging Answers for Perplexing Career Situations Artists Encounter”, p.103, Lulu Press, Inc

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• There is no defeat except for those who give up.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Success, Sports, Defeat

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• Most people have this perception that you have to be out there running for an hour and a half every day. But you don't have to give up your career and family to run a marathon.

  Jeff Galloway

  Running, Careers, People

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• Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.'

  Randy Pausch

  Perseverance, Struggle, Thinking

  "The Last Lecture". Book by Jeffrey Zaslow and Randy Pausch, 2008.

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