Giving Up Quotes - Page 29

• I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.

  Robert Bateman

  Ambition, People, Serious

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• If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Leadership, Perseverance, Determination

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• Say a miracle happened and you could pull stars from the sky. Even if that happened there's no way I would give up a game for you.

  Kim Su-mi

  Stars, Drama, Sky

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• Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism be given to one who is unwilling to renounce his unbelief. Nevertheless, each of them receives the Sacrament if it is conferred on him, although not unto salvation.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Men, Baptism, Sin

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• Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion — or you shall learn nothing.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Children, Littles, Facts

  Gerald R. Ford (1973). “Selected speeches”, Desert Publications

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• Sometimes life hits you like a brick in the face. Don't give up.

  Steve Jobs

  Don't Give Up, Faces, Bricks

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• You have to have a lot of passion for what you do... because if you don't, any rational person would give up.

  Steve Jobs

  Passion, Rational, Persons

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• To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all cherish a magnificent obsession.

  Walt Disney

  Hard Work, Succeed, Purpose

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• Without passion, any rational person would give up!

  Steve Jobs

  Passion, Rational, Persons

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• I wish that more and more adventurous young men would give up the gun in favour of the camera.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Gun, Men, Vegetarianism

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• Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his life insurance.

  Will Rogers

  Men, Europe, Chicago

  Will Rogers (1978). “Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929”, Will Rogers Heritage Trust

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• The high income tax come pretty near passing in the Senate. Only lacked about six votes. So it won't be long now. Well, there is millions and millions that are not making it, that would be glad to give up 99 per cent if you would let 'em earn a hundred thousand or more.

  Will Rogers

  Long, Ems, Six

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• I don't want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there's no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won't die young.

  Golda Meir

  Funny, Humorous, Smoking

  Golda Meir, Israel Shenker, Mary Shenker (1970). “As good as Golda: the warmth and wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister”

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• Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it functions. They might well profit from the advice of Thomas Huxley, who said a century ago: Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notionor you shall learn nothing.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Children, Advice, Littles

  Gerald R. Ford (1973). “Selected speeches”, Desert Publications

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• It was not easy with a newborn, asking your wife to give up the family home and your security.

  Heston Blumenthal

  Home, Newborn Child, Wife

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed. In fact, in studying the source of people's success, I've found that persistence overshadows even talent as the most valued and effective resource in creating and shaping the quality of life. Most people give up a maddening five feet from their goal!

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Persistence, Feet

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.334, Simon and Schuster

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• Your journey to a healthier weight is not a journey that you start and then give up. It is a journey that you are living every day for the rest of your life.

  Nhat Hanh

  Motivational, Journey, Weight

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• To just burn out, to give up just because things don't go your way, to assume that there is no God, no infinite light - I think that's pretty petty, personally.

  Frederick Lenz

  God, Thinking, Light

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• The real test on the path of love is are you willing to give up everything for your love?

  Frederick Lenz

  Real, Yoga, Love Is

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• Well, yes, I could give up for myself but no, there are others whom I will be able to help and they're waiting for me and if I don't complete my task, if I don't do this perfectly, then what about them? They'll suffer.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Yoga, Waiting

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• I never will give up.

  Junior dos Santos

  Ufc, Mma, Giving

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• Fighting is life... Are you a person who gives up or are you a person who's going to fight?

  Alistair Overeem

  Fighting, Ufc, Mma

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• If you don't give up, eventually you will break the cycle and you will overcome any obstacle.

  Lyoto Machida

  Inspirational, Don't Give Up, Persistence

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• Gaining energy is accomplished by meditating, by right actions, right thoughts, right deeds, by studying with a real teacher or by just studying the teachings, by creating happiness in your life, and by never giving up.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Real, Teaching

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• Is the world ruled by strict laws or not? This question I regard as metaphysical. The laws we find are always hypotheses; which means that they may always be superseded, and that they may possibly be deduced from probability estimates. Yet denying causality would be the same as attempting to persuade the theorist to give up his search; and that such an attempt cannot be backed by anything like a proof.

  Karl Popper

  Mean, Science, Law

  Karl Popper (2005). “The Logic of Scientific Discovery”, p.244, Routledge

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