In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol and it was the worst 20 minutes of my life. Votes: 2
George BestI know a guy who gave up smoking cigarettes, consuming, sex, and wealthy meals. Votes: 0
Johnny CarsonWhat father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave! Votes: 0
St. Catherine of SienaI gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then. Votes: 0
Damien HirstWhen modern writers gave up telling stories, they gave up the greatest thing we had. Votes: 0
Howard NemerovHustle is waking up the day before you die and realising you gave it your all. Votes: 0
Gary VaynerchukDon't let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours. Votes: 0
Zig ZiglarI gave up medicine. So I'll give up fashion. . . I could be a colorist of spaceships. Votes: 0
Geoffrey BeeneEverything good I've ever gotten in life, I only got because I gave something else up. Votes: 0
Elizabeth GilbertI gave up visiting my psychoanalyst because he was meddling too much in my private life. Votes: 0
Tennessee WilliamsI gave up myself, but myself did not give up me; and so, I am still myself! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanIf you gave up, you've already lost. If you keep going, you get to a new level. Votes: 0
Lyoto MachidaI gave up trying to understand people long ago. Now I let them try to understand me! Votes: 0
Charles M. SchulzIf children gave up when they fell for the first time, they would never learn to walk. Votes: 0
Louise HayI sold my soul, you brought it back for me. And held me up, and gave me dignity. Votes: 0
Anne MurrayI never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. Votes: 0
Willie NelsonSwimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely. Votes: 0
Johnny WeissmullerI decided not to give the haters the satisfaction that they got me so bad I gave up. Votes: 0
Rebecca BlackI gave up on cussing - I'd run out of words filthy enough - and just started praying. Votes: 0
Sarah MonetteI had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up. Votes: 0
Bill JoyThere was a point when I almost gave up. I couldn't feed myself. I couldn't feed my pets. Votes: 0
Eleanor MondaleI gave up bread, and I've lost a bunch of weight, which is very good because I'm diabetic. Votes: 0
David CrosbyI can't deny that label-support gave me a leg up - though not every successful artist needs it. Votes: 0
David ByrneI can't avoid writing. It's a sort of nervous tic I have developed since I gave up needlepoint. Votes: 0
Clare Boothe LuceWhen I was young my teachers were the old. I gave up fire for form till I was cold. Votes: 0
Robert FrostI just want to inspire all those people who gave up and said 'I quit,' Never give up! Votes: 0
Gabby DouglasI added up all the money the church paid me for the first 25 years and gave it all back. Votes: 0
Rick WarrenThere was never a point in my life where I gave up. My marriage, as you know, fell apart. Votes: 0
Deidre HallI was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22. Votes: 0
Samm LevineThat's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up. Votes: 0
Mike TysonI gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on. Votes: 0
William HagueIt was hopeless. She was flawless. She was a sunbeam. Mosca gave up and got on with hating her. Votes: 0
Frances HardingeWe gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance. Votes: 0
John CaleGod gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. Votes: 0
VoltaireGod gave us free will, and we may choose to exercise it in ways that end up hurting other people. Votes: 0
Francis CollinsIf we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now. Votes: 0
James LovelockWhen I was 10, I beat up the school bully. His arms were in casts. That's what gave me the courage. Votes: 0
Emo PhilipsFor me, just showing up for the traveling and writing gave me the power to overcome my fear of fear. Votes: 0
Frances Moore LappéI got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own. Votes: 0
J.P. DonleavyI grew up a little girl in the Soviet Union playing at a small sports club. Tennis gave me my life. Votes: 0
Anna KournikovaI owe my life to blood donors. They went out, rolled up a sleeve and gave me another chance at life. Votes: 0
Niki TaylorMy responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me. Votes: 0
Mary J. BligeThe only reason I can hold up my head is because when He set me free He gave me my dignity back. Votes: 0
Beth Moore