Quotes about Giving Up

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. Votes: 5

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Votes: 4

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Votes: 4

Never give up on anybody. Votes: 2

Never give in and never give up. Votes: 2

Do I believe in giving up? No, I don't. Votes: 2

It is never too late to give up our prejudices. Votes: 2

You just can't beat the person who never gives up. Votes: 2

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. Votes: 2

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. Votes: 2

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable. Votes: 2

If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long. Votes: 2

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. Votes: 2

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. Votes: 2

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Votes: 2

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. Votes: 2

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds. Votes: 2

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it. Votes: 2

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Votes: 2

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times. Votes: 2

There's no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you get something back that's even better, and quickly. Votes: 2

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. Votes: 2

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. Votes: 2

What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going. Votes: 2

For him to have understood me would have meant reorganizing his thinking... giving up his intellectual ballast, and few people are willing to risk such a radical move. Votes: 2

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Votes: 2

Shifting toward management meant greater responsibility and influence, but it also meant giving up programming day-to-day in my role, which was hard because it took me out of my comfort zone. Votes: 2

The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection. Votes: 2

Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential. Votes: 2

What's worked for me is not quitting and being passionate about what I do and not giving up - and when I don't believe in myself, turning to others who believe in me. Votes: 2

I'm not giving up my history and what I've done in my music because I love it and I'm very proud of it. I just want to open it up for more people. Votes: 2

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them. Votes: 2

Growing Stronger' emerged from a need to relate my life experiences as well as my constant struggle to prevail each day, and as a reminder to myself of the importance of never giving up. Votes: 2

I'm like, over love. Crush, smush. I can't. I'm giving up on love at this point. I'm hoping for a crush. Actually, no. I don't want a crush. I want someone to crush on me. Votes: 2

Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true. Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I've been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times. Votes: 2

I have a motto on my bedroom wall: 'Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.' Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that's worthwhile. Votes: 2

I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket. Votes: 2

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Votes: 2

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when captured and escape is not possible, giving up short of dying and making the best you can of the new situation is also good for your genes. Votes: 2

Sometimes I feel the only way I can get a major publisher interested in mental illness is if I find a character who has bipolar disorder and is also a love-sick vampire attending an English school called Hogwarts. But I'm not giving up. Votes: 2

I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this. Votes: 2

My sole ambition is to rid Mexico of the class that has oppressed her and given the people a chance to know what real liberty means. And if I could bring that about today by giving up my life, I would do it gladly. Votes: 2

You cry and you scream and you stomp your feet and you shout. You say, 'You know what? I'm giving up, I don't care.' And then you go to bed and you wake up and it's a brand new day, and you pick yourself back up again. Votes: 2

The torch relay is an excellent embodiment of all that the Olympic Games have come to symbolise - a celebration of the human spirit. Personally to me, it represents striving to be the best in whatever we do, never giving up despite the odds, and a commitment to health and fitness. Votes: 2

Governments have been ceding power to big multinational corporations in the market. We see the manifest in a variety of ways. Where governments are giving up power to big international institutions like the World Trade Organization or NAFTA, which are disabling governments' ability to protect the rights of their own people. Votes: 2

For all the power of video and film, I am not giving up my pen. I am just much more likely to try to link essays to webcasts or videos. The best way for these two media to move forward, to inform and make change, is in tandem; together they are more than the sum of their parts. Votes: 2

Life is a series of baby steps along the way and if you add up these tiny little steps you take toward your goal, whatever it is, whether it's giving up something, a terrible addiction or trying to work your way through an illness. When you total up those baby steps you'd be amazed over the course of 10 years, the strides you've taken. Votes: 2

I do what I love to do at the moment. If I wake up tomorrow and decide I want to dance, that's what I'd do. Or design clothes. I think I'd throw myself into whatever I'm doing now. It's not about abandoning what I was doing before, or giving up. It's about knowing that if I die tomorrow, I lived the way I wanted to. Votes: 2

Giving up also takes courage. Votes: 0

Giving up is the greatest failure. Votes: 0

Giving opens up avenues for abundance. Votes: 0

Giving up is the ultimate tragedy. Votes: 0

Giving up is what kills people. Votes: 0

Giving up was never an option Votes: 0

The only failure is giving up. Votes: 0

The only mortal sin is giving up." Votes: 0

There's always some relief in giving up. Votes: 0

the only mortal sin is giving up. Votes: 0

I'm neither giving up nor giving in. Votes: 0

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. Votes: 0

Sometimes there's no point in giving up. Votes: 0

Difficulties can be overcome by not giving up. Votes: 0

Giving up is something a Lauda doesn't do. Votes: 0

Some days success just means not giving up. Votes: 0

I think about giving up. I almost do. Votes: 0

The greatest sin is fear and giving up. Votes: 0

For me giving up is way harder than trying. Votes: 0

Tamaki: You're the one giving up without even trying. Votes: 0

It's like giving up a belief in Santa Claus. Votes: 0

Giving up is the only sure way to fail. Votes: 0

Being unheard is the ground floor of giving up. Votes: 0

Love is selfless. The key is giving up yourself. Votes: 0

Death is not fearful. What's fearful is giving up. Votes: 0

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up. Votes: 0

Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better. Votes: 0

Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul. Votes: 0

Sacrifice really means giving up something good for something better. Votes: 0

I don't promote giving up. I promote fighting and winning. Votes: 0

Giving up witchcraft is, in effect, giving up the Bible. Votes: 0

Lean on principles, one day they'll end up giving way. Votes: 0

I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies. Votes: 0

Is your place in heaven worth giving up these kisses Votes: 0

The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity. Votes: 0

Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up. Votes: 0

believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic. Votes: 0

but accepting help doesn"Ÿt have to mean giving up control. Votes: 0

Being discouraged is natural but giving up is not an option. Votes: 0

The single biggest mistake, I think, is giving up too soon. Votes: 0

I'm not giving up acting, I'm definitely not going to stop. Votes: 0

A certain giving up of control is good for the soul. Votes: 0

I'm not giving up acting, I'm definitely not going to stop Votes: 0

I never said it would be easy. Giving up is easy. Votes: 0

Giving up my heels was harder than giving up the drugs. Votes: 0

I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me. Votes: 0

It's worth it. It's worth giving up the sun and magic. Votes: 0

I'm not giving up on life. I'm giving up on today. Votes: 0

Thank you guys. Thank you for never giving up on me. Votes: 0

Life's perhaps the only riddle That we shrink from giving up. Votes: 0

Discipline is giving yourself a command and following it up with action Votes: 0

The highest fulfillment of religion requires a giving up of all possessions. Votes: 0

Giving up your ego is the shortest way to unification with nature. Votes: 0

I know what I'm giving up for Lent: my New Year's resolutions. Votes: 0

Abandoning a task that is futile and pointless is not giving up. Votes: 0

Giving people a hand up, not a handout, is the way forward. Votes: 0

Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past. Votes: 0

I gave up coffee. It's almost worse than giving up a lover. Votes: 0

I'm happy 'bout life. Still trying. I ain't giving up on life. Votes: 0

when it seems like giving up, then it seems like rising up Votes: 0

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up. Votes: 0

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Votes: 0

Choice means giving up something you want for something else you want more. Votes: 0

Strength is not only about winning the game; it's also about not giving-up. Votes: 0

I can't tell the difference," I said. "Between not fighting and giving up. Votes: 0

Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow. Votes: 0

Life is not about giving up or giving in. Life is about giving. Votes: 0

I could have gone professional, but I'm not giving up on my dream. Votes: 0

You have many options in life, never make giving up one of them Votes: 0

You can Light Up the Whole World by Giving without any Expectation Back. Votes: 0

Giving up pride means giving all credit and glory to Guru and Krishna. Votes: 0

If you never feel like giving up, then your dreams are too small Votes: 0

He is by nature a vegetarian but would never consider giving up meat. Votes: 0

What is wanted is a deliberate giving up of violence out of strength. Votes: 0

Never give up on anyone. And that includes not giving up on yourself. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as failure, there's just giving up too soon. Votes: 0

Giving up on our long-term goals for immediate gratification, my friends, is procrastination. Votes: 0

By the late '80s, I was already giving up on rap music. Votes: 0

To surrender is not giving up the struggle, but finding peace within the struggle. Votes: 0

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable, Votes: 0

Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different. Votes: 0

Failure isn't failing at the project at hand. Failure is giving up on yourself. Votes: 0

Giving children the opportunity to stir up life and leave it free to discover. Votes: 0

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different. Votes: 0

Letting go isn't giving up. It's understanding that the best is yet to come. Votes: 0

Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as helplessness. It's just another word for giving up. Votes: 0

I truly thank whoever's up there for giving me the opportunity to be loved. Votes: 0

The means to laying up treasure in heaven is by giving to the poor. Votes: 0

You can't touch the world by giving up a Starbucks...We've dumbed it down. Votes: 0

By giving up 'the need' and 'the want', things begin to happen for you Votes: 0

Sometimes the good fight feels impossible, but I for one, am NOT giving up. Votes: 0

The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist. Votes: 0

It is not giving up, it is accepting. And the light will enter. Always does. Votes: 0

Everyone queue up!' Malfoy roared to the crowd. 'Harry Potter's giving out signed photos! Votes: 0

giving up doesn't always mean your weak sometimes your just strong enough to let go Votes: 0

Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing. Votes: 0

There aren't many sins in my bible. Giving up is the greatest one of all. Votes: 0

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do. Votes: 0

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do. Votes: 0

People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left. Votes: 0

I would say that I've been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up. Votes: 0

I would say that I've been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up. Votes: 0

I never got to the point of needing drugs or thinking about giving up myself. Votes: 0

Selfless giving does not imply giving everything up - it's simply having a good time. Votes: 0

V tired to imagine giving up his proclivities. "My monster needs to get out. Especially now. Votes: 0

Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea. Votes: 0

And I figured you'd drive a four-hour round-trip before giving up your car to someone else Votes: 0

Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment. Votes: 0

Without giving up anything on the plane of justice, yeild nothing on the plane of freedom Votes: 0

Taxpayers should not be coerced into giving up their privacy rights just to file their taxes. Votes: 0

I'm not giving up on my work. I'm still trying to challenge people's aesthetics and myself. Votes: 0

Good teachers are an endangered species because they're giving up because of the tests and everything. Votes: 0

When you most feel like giving up is when you most need to be keeping on. Votes: 0

Development involves giving up a smaller story in order to wake up to a larger story. Votes: 0

I don't think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own. Votes: 0

Human entirety can only be what it is when giving up the addiction to others' ends. Votes: 0

Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet. Votes: 0

I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up. Votes: 0

Giving up on life is easier than going through the hard times to find the good. Votes: 0

When you're tempted to be upset, ask yourself 'Is this worth giving up my joy?' Votes: 0

We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along. Votes: 0

I didn't mind giving up carnality, jewelry and red meat in return for comradeship and an afterlife. Votes: 0

Dancing is when you rise above both worlds, tearing your heart to pieces & giving up your soul Votes: 0

Now I'm giving up a little in the week-to-week tournaments but reaping the benefits in the majors. Votes: 0

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up! Votes: 0

Victory breeds hatred; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, giving up victory and defeat. Votes: 0

Idleness for me is not a giving up on life but a spirited grabbing hold of it. Votes: 0

I find nothing wrong with striving for the impossible. But I find alot wrong with giving up Votes: 0

I have to shut down from other artists, because otherwise I end up giving them my stories. Votes: 0

Trying harder doesn't always equal more success; it leads to more frustration, less satisfaction, and giving up. Votes: 0

Trying harder doesn't always equal more success; it leads to more frustration, less satisfaction, and giving up." Votes: 0

Ha! Easy for nuns to talk about giving up things. That's what they do for a living. Votes: 0

Every time a horse let you up onto its back, it's giving you its life. Every time. Votes: 0

We do not have a fear of the unknown. What we fear is giving up the known. Votes: 0

Einstein...even failed physics once, but he'd never thought of giving up school to make a living. Votes: 0

Running away, avoiding life's battles or giving up robs you of the opportunity to grow and be stronger. Votes: 0

Christmas is about giving. Be outrageously generous. Have fun, enjoy the process....then keep it up all year. Votes: 0

Forgiveness is a sacrifice. You're giving up being right about something, whether you're right or wrong about it. Votes: 0

We don`t need to drive up the national debt by giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires. Votes: 0

We must never make our parents sad, even if this means giving up everything that makes us happy.. Votes: 0

To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving. Votes: 0

Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one. Votes: 0

There were times when i felt in a slump or lonely but i never thought of giving up Votes: 0

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time. Votes: 0

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time. Votes: 0

She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow. Votes: 0

We all want to leave our children the Garden of Eden and we wind up giving them hardscrabble. Votes: 0

We all smiled because it was the truth: Living did take a lot more guts than giving up. Votes: 0

The dream is you never giving up on your story because no one else can play your part. Votes: 0

Love is giving up your needs for the sake of someone else, in some other words its sacrifice Votes: 0

Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy. Votes: 0

But there is much to be said for giving up ... grand ambitions and living the most ordinary life imaginable. Votes: 0

We can't simply scare people into giving up their rights, on the basis, oh, this protects us from terrorism. Votes: 0

Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy. Votes: 0

If you cannot have fun on a set and enjoy what you're doing, you're better off giving it up. Votes: 0

Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost. Votes: 0

Being able to motivate girls to reach for their dreams, and giving them someone positive to look up to. Votes: 0

It's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time. Votes: 0

Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy. Votes: 0

Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference. Votes: 0

Renunciation doesn't mean giving up things externally but rather it means diligently pulling out the weeds from the heart. Votes: 0

What is given to you is what is needed; what you want, requires giving up what you don't need. Votes: 0

The mismatch is not what gets you beat. What gets you beat is giving up the uncontested, open shot. Votes: 0

If you can't communicate and talk to other people and get across your ideas, you're giving up your potential. Votes: 0

Instead of just getting old and giving up and dying, let's learn to make a huge contribution to life. Votes: 0

Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed. Votes: 0

This time, for the first time, I saw the possibilities in giving up. I even found hope in it. Votes: 0

It's disturbing that people are questioning my sanity for giving up the money. What does that say about our world? Votes: 0

... giving up alcohol or cigarettes is a lead-pipe cinch compared to the renunciation of complacence by a former (self-appointed) elite. Votes: 0

[she] had a great reputation for unselfishness because she was always giving up a lot of things she didn't want. Votes: 0

What's so bad about addiction? I can't remember. Isn't it something about giving up your freedom? Isn't freedom an illusion? Votes: 0

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter. Votes: 0

Forgiveness essentially means giving up your right to make other people pay for the wrongs they have committed against you. Votes: 0

It's the curiosity that drives me. It's making a difference in the world that prevents me from ever giving up. Votes: 0

The mere habit of writing, of constantly keeping at it, of never giving up, ultimately teaches you how to write. Votes: 0

The rewards of tomorrow are safely hidden in the belief of never quitting and not giving up on yourself today Votes: 0

There are only two ways we can be beaten: we die or we give up. And we're not giving up. Votes: 0

The giving up of (a belief in) witchcraft is in effect the giving up of (a beilief in) the Bible. Votes: 0

I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up. Votes: 0

I'm very proud of myself because I have come so close to just giving up and I haven't done that. Votes: 0

Charity requires sacrifice, and members of Congress could set a good example of charity by giving up their pay increase. Votes: 0

I believe God lets us stumble along, slowly finding our way, and giving us chances to pick each other up. Votes: 0

I was giving up--being realistic, as people liked to say, meaning the same thing. Being realistic made me feel bitter. Votes: 0

I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do. Votes: 0

Weakness, like not being able to bury the past. Weakness, like not giving up hope when you know you should. Votes: 0

At the end of the day, anything I think I'm sacrificing I'm just giving up because it makes me feel better. Votes: 0

Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love...receiving from above [faith] and giving out below [love]. Votes: 0

I've learned the dangerous lesson of the web: You succeed by giving up control, and that's inverse of the normal campaign. Votes: 0

It's harder to stay strong than it is to give up. Giving up doesn't get you anywhere.. Only makes you weak. Votes: 0

Whenever I see a Frans Hals I feel like painting, but when I see a Rembrandt I feel like giving up! Votes: 0

Giving up control and just trying to be happy at the moment has proven to be the best thing for me. Votes: 0

I didn't want him to think I was giving up - I wasn't. I simply couldn't put myself together just yet. Votes: 0

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up. Votes: 0

I don't want to have to earn love by giving up my ability to make decisions that determine how I live. Votes: 0

Giving up a lot of yourself isn't really that hard when you realize that you get more than you give up. Votes: 0

Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love. Votes: 0

An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist. Votes: 0

The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest. Votes: 0

Giving in a regular, disciplined, generous way-up to and beyond the tithe-is simply good sense in view of the promises of God. Votes: 0

Nietzsche's ideas and plans: for example, the idea of giving up the whole wretched academic world to form a secular monastic community. Votes: 0

What is important is not the right doctrine but the attainment of the true experience. It is giving up believing in belief. Votes: 0

Ageing doesn't mean giving up on style and individuality; it doesn't mean abandoning fashion and living in comfy slippers and flannel knickers. Votes: 0

Giving up doesn't define you, but how you stand in every choice and fight in every decision you've made reflects your character. Votes: 0

An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist Votes: 0

Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess Votes: 0

When you give up on life, never give up on yourself, because there is so much for you to keep on giving! Votes: 0

Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better. Votes: 0

If you can't find it in your own heart to be compassionate look in someone else's before giving up on love altogether. Votes: 0

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook and I'm saying everything in there out loud. Votes: 0

Giving up represents a choice you make when you decide not to take action on something over which you actually do have control. Votes: 0

Success is not about getting it right the first time but about not giving up even if it takes a lifetime of effort. Votes: 0

Detachment is not giving up the things in this world, but accepting the fact and to be continuously aware that nothing is permanent. Votes: 0

Well, I won't give up on us, Even if the skies get rough I'm giving you all my love, I'm still looking up Votes: 0

Giving up an addiction means re-programming that part of your brain that makes you restless and unhappy if a desire is not realized. Votes: 0

Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don't. Votes: 0

There are some things worth giving up anything for, even your freedom, and getting rid of your period is definitely one of them. Votes: 0

It was a phenomenon I noticed many years ago. Young people were just giving up every bit of information about themselves they could. Votes: 0

To sit back and say, 'Oh, we're going to let the government do whatever they want, right or wrong,' is giving up. Votes: 0

I've had good times on drugs...bad times on drugs...But I've had good and bad relationships...and I'm not giving up pussy. Votes: 0

The Product of Freedom and Security is a constant (F X S = k). Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive. Votes: 0

I was trying to find out what it was that everybody else understood without giving up my stubborn and hard-won lack of understanding. Votes: 0

Sooner or later, many idealists transform themselves into disheartened realists who mistakenly believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic. Votes: 0

I don't have any personal challenges about throwing away the past. If you're not changing, you're giving others a chance to catch up. Votes: 0

You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous, warm people. Votes: 0

A bore is a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you. Votes: 0

Giving up and doing something else (nursing, for me) was exactly what eventually led me to making music that other people wanted to hear. Votes: 0

Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If you can give up the thing behind the door, the lock will be opened by itself! Sometimes giving up is the best key! Votes: 0

Take time off to give to yourself, in a sense to fill yourself up to fullness, to where now you can overflow in giving. Votes: 0

If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset? Votes: 0

[Canada's ruling circles seek] to ally themselves more closely with American imperialism without giving up the economic advantages of membership in the British Empire. Votes: 0

Don't give up on me now. I'm sorry. I guess that's an odd thing to say. Because isn't that what I'm doing? Giving up? Votes: 0

No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving fluid of human existence Votes: 0

The hardest thing is to give up something you love, for the sake of Allah. But remember Allah never takes without giving something better. Votes: 0

I'm quitting the business today. I'm going to open up an appliance store, I've always really been into toasters. I'm giving it all up. Votes: 0

The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates. Votes: 0

I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory. Votes: 0

Anything that says 'healthy' I say away from... Giving up butter, for instance, means that in about two years you will be covered in dandruff. Votes: 0

Giving up something that no longer serves a purpose, or protects you, or helps you, isn’t giving up at all, it’s growing up. Votes: 0

Every time someone opens up to me, it just feels like a gift they're giving me, because it's a chance to experience another human being. Votes: 0

You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life. Votes: 0

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up. Votes: 0

Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up. Votes: 0

There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us. Votes: 0

Let there be room left in your heart for the unimaginable ~ serendipity has a way of showing itself just when you feel like giving up. Votes: 0

Learning to let go is not giving up! It is simply passing the burden to a better fighter, so you can fight another day. (God) Votes: 0

The habit of giving up when the present task is half finished and try something else is one of the chief causes of failure. Votes: 0

When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people are simply giving up on marriage as a public commitment. Votes: 0

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful. Votes: 0

I have a question. Do you guys think it's OK to drink while you're pregnant if you're planning on giving the baby up for adoption? Votes: 0

You speak of giving up my dreams. Have you ever, since Maeve's coven split, had a dream? Have you ever had anything worth dying for? Votes: 0

There was that word again.Mature. Was this what maturity was? Giving up on the things we wanted because we knew we'd never get them? Votes: 0

Giving up is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength. To know that you can't a win a particular battle is wisdom Votes: 0

I define power as control over one's life. Pay is not about power. Pay is about giving up power to get the power of pay. Votes: 0

Sometimes, giving up your privacy is a little like going to the dentist and we have let him have access that no one's ever had. Votes: 0

As Sir Henry Newbolt sums it up: "The real test of success is whether a life has been a happy one and a happy giving one." Votes: 0

Writing is, after all, a gesture towards other people, giving something to others. And so it's not a completely hermetic exercise. It's really an opening up. Votes: 0

There is a difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up. Votes: 0

Folded in my arms you're a butterfly in reverse you're giving up your wings and inheriting my curse you're letting go of me you're letting go Votes: 0

I trudged around on the muddy river bottom for half an hour, patiently waiting to drown, before giving up and slogging my way back to shore. Votes: 0

The terror of drugs is a terror of giving up control. This is what people are most alarmed about by psychedelics, is the giving up control. Votes: 0

There was a tangible sense of potential as we packed them up. 'We're giving people 3-D printers that they can afford. What are they gonna make? Votes: 0

The scene that made me furious was watching Padme, a woman who just gave birth to two beautiful children, just giving up the will to live. Votes: 0

You have to be able to communicate in life and probably schools underemphasize that. If you can't talk to people or write, you're giving up your potential. Votes: 0

Your ability to be a winner 100 percent of the time is based upon giving up the notion that losing at anything is equivalent to being a loser. Votes: 0

This is my sin for giving in to my own weaknesses. My heart just couldn't keep up with the gigantic gap between dreams and reality. -Jellal Fernandes Votes: 0

Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love, connection and hope. Votes: 0

I'm no intellect. I'm no preacher. I'm an entertainer. And If I don't get up there and entertain people, I'm not giving them what they paid for. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It's interesting when you wind up distilling all your ambitions and your goals and dreams into one single person. It's giving that person a lot of power. Votes: 0

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy of so many other people. Votes: 0

When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled. Votes: 0

Those who say life is knocking them down and giving them a tough time are usually the first to beat themselves up. Be on your own side. Votes: 0

Honestly, after about three years on a show, you're like, 'Thank you very much for giving me a step up. Now can I go do movies?' Votes: 0

Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up. Votes: 0

To a man, marriage means giving up four out of five of the chiffonier drawers; to a woman, giving up four out of five of her opinions. Votes: 0

I was burned so many times that I stopped giving interviews. In other words, if my words ended up in print, they were twisted in an indescribable fashion. Votes: 0

Foolishness is giving up without any effort or not giving up after putting in all your effort. Secret of freedom is putting all your effort and giving up! Votes: 0

Certainly, my many years working in the comics industry, creating products that I do not own, has made me rather fierce on the subject of giving up rights. Votes: 0

The whole Valentine's thing is fine, but you don't back it up right next to the biggest gift-giving holiday of the year. Unbelievable. And we find it acceptable. Votes: 0

You end up giving up half your salary every time you make a movie because you need the money to make the movie you have in your head. Votes: 0

When you think about it, giving up your 'real' personality is a small price to pay for the richness of 'living happily ever after' with an actual man! Votes: 0

Love lifts you up. Love is giving and kindness. Love is encouraging. Love is healing. If these things do not surround you, you are in the wrong relationship. Votes: 0

Giving up the center must not here be regarded as illogical. Was happiness no happiness because it endured for just a short time? One cannot always be happy. Votes: 0

What happens to each of my female heroes, certainly, is they find something bigger than themselves that they are honored to serve. It's not giving up your family. Votes: 0

To cut the federal budget without cutting entitlements is like giving up chocolate-chip cookies and then deciding it's OK to eat the ones that don't have any nuts. Votes: 0

On the road, it's constant sensory overload, and it's easy to lose track of days and time and to get caught up in the constant giving of yourself. Votes: 0

When you think about it, giving up your real personality is a small price to pay for the richness of living happily ever after with an actual man! Votes: 0

My entire social life is spent in bars, so I don't see giving up drinking as a viable option. Could you see me saying, 'Tomato juice please?' Votes: 0

The mouth was wide open and ripped at the corners, as though she had choked a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored so long. Votes: 0

By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the most complete despotism imaginable. Votes: 0

We avoid the gravest difficulties when, giving up the attempt to frame hypotheses concerning the constitution of matter, we pursue statistical inquiries as a branch of rational mechanics. Votes: 0

That was all part of giving someone a piece of your heart; they ended up taking a whole chunk of your mind and reserving it all for themselves. Votes: 0

Human behavior is so intriguing. I find myself giving thumbs up signs all the time. I know I look like an absolute dork, but I do it anyway. Votes: 0

The thing with giving up is you never know. You never know whether you could have done the job. And I'm sick of not knowing about my life. Votes: 0

They were two lovely choices. One of them meant giving up every chance of a decent life forever...and the other one scared me out of my mind. Votes: 0

For emotional reasons, connected with my affection for my parents, I was a reluctant atheist, but giving up religion brought peace of mind because intellectual conflict was resolved. Votes: 0

It felt natural. That is what I remember most about becoming a father halfway through my 20s. As if Mother Nature was giving me the big thumbs up. Votes: 0

Get knocked down. Get back up. Always be a fighter. Don't be afraid of the punch. Don't be afraid of getting back up. Be afraid of giving up. Votes: 0

I guess it's wrong always to be worrying about tomorrow. Maybe we should think about today..." "No, that's giving up... I'm still hpoing that yesterday will get better. Votes: 0

Without giving up hope—that there's somewhere better to be, that there's someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are. Votes: 0

We need to have faith in the people who are giving this movement direction to be smart enough to stay one step ahead of what's coming up next. Votes: 0

It was an act of devotion. A little like writing or loving someone "” it doesn't always feel worthwhile, but not giving up somehow creates unexpected meaning over time. Votes: 0

Change was as much about loss as gain, about giving something up even as you reached for something new or different. The world was opening up, not closing in. Votes: 0

Never reduce a target. Instead, increase actions. When you start rethinking your targets, making up excuses, and letting yourself off the hook, you are giving up on your dreams! Votes: 0

Great leaders get people to admit the truth because they know that dreams are buried under the lies they tell themselves, in order to feel okay with giving up. Votes: 0

There are only two possibilities. You are either going for your dreams or giving up your dreams. Stretching for what you could be or settling for what you are. Votes: 0

A muse comes down from Mount Olympus and changes my attitude, cheering me up - it's an inner intuition, suddenly giving a breakthrough to be able to move ahead. Votes: 0

Success means to wake up, grow up, and show up, living your unique self, giving your unique gifts to the larger evolutionary symphony of life which needs your music. Votes: 0

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. Votes: 0

Be it human or animal, touch is a life-giving thing. Has anyone ever had a stroke or a heart attack while cozied up with a pet? I doubt it. Votes: 0

I thought, well, why am I giving up on my primary dream to work doubly hard, to do something as an alternative to what it really still want to? Votes: 0

When you have a true ambition for something, you will not give up hope. Giving up hope is a sign that you are lacking ambition to achieve that goal! Votes: 0

There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this. Votes: 0

Just a tip if you have a big event to go to or an important meeting, if you cry enough your face swells up giving you a temporary lift. Votes: 0

I was out at the HBO party, these are liberals, I imagine, and a lot of people came up to me and said, "Keep giving it to the president." Votes: 0

To me, that's the role of government: not to give people a hand out, but a hand up... giving people the tools to pave their own way to success. Votes: 0

Lift up your eyes, discouraged one. When you feel like giving up, when they say it can't be done, it's up to you to show them why they're wrong. Votes: 0

People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in. Votes: 0

You have to get comfortable giving up control, and you find people who do things better than you do. Quora now does better with the team we have built. Votes: 0

By 'expecting nothing' you are not 'giving up.' Far from it! You are making a decision to focus on what needs to be done rather than on outcomes. Votes: 0

My best career decision was probably not giving up when I wanted to. God as well as my family and friends were there for me during my toughest times. Votes: 0

Using clouds is a radical way of consuming IT. There are emotional barriers to giving up some level of control over the servers that you are running [for the companies]. Votes: 0

I'm the kind of guy that once I decide I'm going to do something I have a hard time just giving up on it without giving it a fair shot. Votes: 0

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and I wanted to explore the fundamental notion of giving up responsibility to an outside power. Votes: 0

The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt. Votes: 0

We all learned valuable lessons from that crop. The Lord showed us the importance of walking by faith, and not by sight, of trusting him unconditionally and never giving up. Votes: 0

I am a non Zionist because the Jew, in seeking a homeland of his own, seems to me to be giving up something of infinitely greater value of the world. Votes: 0

We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the people and the planet Earth. Votes: 0

I have, despite all disillusionment, never, never allowed myself to feel like giving up. This is my message today; it is not worthy of a human being to give up. Votes: 0

Despite all that I know rationally, and everything that I can put into words, I can say that I have difficulty giving up the notion of the nobility of art. Votes: 0

When I ceased to accept the teaching of my youth, it was not so much a process of giving up beliefs, as of discovering that I had never really believed. Votes: 0

Not doing is not about immobility or giving up in despair. It is first and foremost about being able to be with, to accept fully, what is in this moment. Votes: 0

You're giving up. You're slipping into being miserable and if you are being miserable, then it's all about you again. But it's not all about you. Love doesn't work that way. Votes: 0

Giving up my scotch? My Macallan 18? That was hard for me! Though now that doesn't even sound good, being pregnant. You crave other things. A big thing of water sounds great! Votes: 0

There is nothing better than giving up everything and stepping into a passionate love relationship with God, the God of the universe who made galaxies, leaves, laughter, and me and you. Votes: 0

You've never been in love," she said. "You don't understand." "If being in love means giving up your freedom, not to mention your opportunities," Caitlin said, "Then I haven't missed anything. Votes: 0

For years now, I've wanted to fall asleep. The sort of slipping off, the giving up, the falling part of sleep. Now sleeping is the last thing I want to do. Votes: 0

Synergy does not mean giving up what we want. It means joining to co-create so each is able to receive ever more of what attracts us through joining rather than opposing. Votes: 0

I think there is a danger that an environmental crisis can be used in precisely the same way as the terrorist threat can be used in terms of giving up freedom. Votes: 0

If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing our ignorance to the miraculous work of a creator. Votes: 0

Revival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one's will to God in deep humility. Votes: 0

He does not require that we live a perfect life. He only requires that we try to live as He wills. The only way to fail Him is by giving up. Votes: 0

It comes down to taking care of the people in your program and making them the best they can be-not giving up on them and never failing to be there for them. Votes: 0

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, and relationships that have lost their meaning. Votes: 0

People submit tooeasily to change from others. And yet, for some reason, wheneverthey consider changing themselves, the focus is always on what theyare giving up, never what they are about to gain" Votes: 0

I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent. It's a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility. Votes: 0

Being a musician is to live, not to survive. Surviving is going to work every day and giving up your liberty and your time. When you do music, it's a free life. Votes: 0

The thing I most connect with is the idea of not giving up. And that's a thing I have in my own life. You have to trust your instincts and keep trying. Votes: 0

The thing I most connect with is the idea of not giving up. And thats a thing I have in my own life. You have to trust your instincts and keep trying. Votes: 0

President Obama fuels that perception. That will change when militants across the globe see that when you join ISIS that you are giving up your life, you are signing your death warrant. Votes: 0

People submit tooeasily to change from others. And yet, for some reason, wheneverthey consider changing themselves, the focus is always on what theyare giving up, never what they are about to gain Votes: 0

I don't think you can really expect to win a hockey game giving up three power-play goals. In reality, you cant give up those and that's the difference in the hockey game. Votes: 0

There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater. Votes: 0

There is a certain freedom in giving up all hope. One is no longer bound by the cords of dread or fear; you simply move toward the inevitable without thinking on the consequences. Votes: 0

There were some situations where I was giving up everything I had for the band and I just expected everybody else to feel the same way. I realized I was just kidding myself. Votes: 0

Love is never giving up and yet a lot of surrender. Self-care. Truth. Trust. Openness. Growth. Courage. Faith. Collaboration. Compassion. Communication. Affection. Support. Passion. Joy. Warmth. Mindfulness. Rigorous self-work. Sympatico, empathy, flow. Forgiveness. Votes: 0

The battle for freedom and liberty really never is over, and there are really low points in it, but I'm not giving up, and I'm not gonna engage in phony pep talks, either. Votes: 0

Being unheard is the ground floor of giving up, and giving up is the ground floor of doing yourself in. It's not so much, what's the point? It's more like, what's the difference? Votes: 0

You cannot stop. If there is a concrete wall in front of you, you have to go through it. You can never, ever give up or even think in terms of giving up. Votes: 0

But giving up's easy. You know what's hard? To believe in your own worth, to know you've got something special in you even if nobody else can see it. Even when you can't. Votes: 0

There were some situations where I was giving up everything I had for the band and I just expected everybody else to feel the same way. I realized I was just kidding myself. Votes: 0

There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as I see it: to keep the spark of life inside me ablaze. Votes: 0

People write to me and say, 'I'm giving up, you're not talking to me.' I just write them a simple message like, 'Never give up,' you know? And it changes their life. Votes: 0

Repentance is simply giving up to stop fighting against God and to stop attempting to gain your own salvation through your own works; to literally give up and fall upon Christ. That is salvation. Votes: 0

We need a very progressive and strong agenda to bring people into the political process because I worry very much about the future of the American democracy where so many people are giving up. Votes: 0

It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But giving up is not an option. There is too much at stake. Votes: 0

As long as you're giving up quality records and you're makin' hit records, people are always gonna want to hear a hit, and they'll always want to be attached to something that's doin' great. Votes: 0

They do sometimes go crazy, these people, because the world is telling them not to want the things they want. It can seem saner to give up-But then one goes insane from giving up. Votes: 0

I asked Secretary [Robert] Gates, what did they get in return for giving up the nuclear shield of Poland and the Czech Republic? And you know what his answer was? Nada. They got nothing. Votes: 0

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward. Votes: 0

At that moment when you feel like giving up, take a look and search deep inside in oder to understand how far you've come. Don't give up now! Success is right around the corner. Votes: 0

Relent not in thy effort to do, when you have to do; for in delay lies mediocrity and in giving up lies perishing; but when the grounds are not ready for landing, hover purposefully. Votes: 0

Do not be proud of wealth, people, relations and friends, or youth. All these are snatched by time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme. Votes: 0

Freedom is indivisible - there is no "s" on the end of it. You can erode freedom, diminish it, but you cannot divide it and choose to keep "some freedoms" while giving up others. Votes: 0

When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be just the opposite. That's when the sparkle started for me. Votes: 0

There will be times when you just can't seem to land an acting job, and you feel like giving up. Don't! The only way to realise that dream is to keep working hard for it. Votes: 0

sounds of life and movement, people getting ready and people giving up, the sound of hope and the sound of hanging on, and behind them all, the quiet, deadly ticking of a thousand hungry clocks... Votes: 0

the seat of the greatest patriotic loyalties is in the stomach. Long after giving up all attachment to the land of his birth, the naturalized American citizen holds fast to the food of his parents. Votes: 0

Just "¦ isn't giving up allowed sometimes? Isn't it okay to say, "˜This really hurts, so I'm going to stop trying'?" "It sets a dangerous precedent." "For avoiding pain?" "For avoiding life. Votes: 0

People submit too easily to change from others. And yet, for some reason, whenever they consider changing themselves, the focus is always on what they are giving up, never what they are about to gain. Votes: 0

I am not looking like Armani today and somebody else tomorrow. I look like Ralph Lauren. And my goal is to constantly move in fashion and move in style without giving up what I am. Votes: 0

It's vital to establish some rituals-automatic but decisive patterns of behavior-at the beginning of the creative process, when you are most at peril of turning back, chickening out, giving up, or going the wrong way. Votes: 0

If that is what this world is, what humans are... There is no future. Understanding and faith... If you take those away, all that's left is fear. I can't accept immoral methods or giving up. Votes: 0