Quotes about Holding on

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. Votes: 4

I've become impossible, holding on to when everything seemed to matter more. Votes: 4

You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on. Votes: 4

A man is never drunk if he can lay on the floor without holding on. Votes: 4

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. Votes: 4

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. Votes: 4

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down. Votes: 4

We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord. Votes: 4

I'm not sure I always feel like I'm in the seat. Sometimes I'm only holding on by one hand and flying out behind the roller coaster. I don't know anybody who doesn't feel that way. Votes: 4

Life is balance of holding on and letting go. Votes: 2

Nothing can drag you down if you're not holding on to it. Votes: 2

Racism been over. It's the old people that keep on holding on to it. Votes: 2

Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet. Votes: 2

I don't believe there is any point in holding on to too many things in life. Votes: 2

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on. Votes: 2

Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn't that what people do? Votes: 2

People try to keep their past, like kind of holding on to their past. Every Springsteen song talks about that. Votes: 2

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time. Votes: 2

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward. Votes: 2

Love means holding on to someone just as hard as you can because if you don't, one blink and they might disappear...forever. Votes: 2

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything. Votes: 2

I guess I'm like any other concerned father, except that nobody else's son guns a cycle over 17 pickups without holding on to the handlebars. Votes: 2

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. Votes: 2

We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on. Votes: 2

I don't know that the referee can be watching holding on the offensive line and get back to the quarterback. I think watching the quarterback is a full-time job. Votes: 2

I'm so uncoordinated, I can't really do that much, so my specialty is standing in one spot or holding on to something, like an exploding rocket or a jetski. Votes: 2

When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible. Votes: 2

It was so nice just to live in the moment, to enjoy holding him so closely, to pretend for a little while that they were merely two young people in love and nothing else. Votes: 2

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it. Votes: 2

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life. Votes: 2

It's easy to get wrapped up in sharing everyday life with a partner. It's fun to get lost in love and romance. It's the best. But holding on to yourself while doing that is the most important thing. Votes: 2

The death of Pope John Paul II led many of different faiths and of no faith to acknowledge their debt to the Roman Catholic Church for holding on to absolutes that the rest of us can measure ourselves against. Votes: 2

I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after 20 years. I didn't want to be a 60-year-old woman holding on to something I created when I was 23. Votes: 2

I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be. Votes: 2

For most of my life, I believed that my father had broken many of my bones. They were emotional and psychological bones; things no one could see, things that caused me to limp through life clutching for and holding on to people and situations that often rendered me immobile. Votes: 2

God has ordained that Satan have a long leash with God holding on to the leash because he knows that when we walk in and out of those temptations, struggling with both the physical effects that they bring and the moral effects that they bring, more of God's glory will shine. Votes: 2

The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity. Votes: 2

Set an intention to heal any unexpressed anger that may be present in your life. Go to a quiet place with pen and paper. Take a few deep breaths. Ask your anger to speak to you. Write down the thoughts and feelings. When you are finished, forgive yourself for holding on to the anger for so long. Votes: 2

Words taken literally or held as ultimate truth can keep us stagnant and stuck, holding on to old ideologies. I now know that everything I need is already contained within me and is completely aceessible if I allow myself to open up to what I sense is true for me...and the same is true for you. Votes: 2

I think I have some very meaningful relationships with people; we all do. At the same time, I recognize that everyone is following their own heart; there's been people who have left my life, and I don't have a problem with that. This is a transitory world; we're all spirits just looking for love and finding it and holding on. Votes: 2

Holding on to anything blocks wisdom. Votes: 0

Life is about holding on and letting go. Votes: 0

Nothing's as good as holding on to safety. Votes: 0

Sometimes holding on was all you could do. Votes: 0

Holding on to the weak is called strength. Votes: 0

Holding on to things only breaks your heart. Votes: 0

Courage... is fear holding on just a bit longer. Votes: 0

Holding on to anger only gives you tense muscles. Votes: 0

Everyone has got the fear It's holding on Holding on Votes: 0

Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding. Votes: 0

Holding on to expectations is often the source of unforgiving feelings. Votes: 0

Strength is measured not by holding on, but by letting go. Votes: 0

Don't pick on your sister when she's holding a baseball bat. Votes: 0

Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go. Votes: 0

Well, at least I'm not a stubborn, button-pushing, Prius-driving, chip-on-your-shoulder-holding, "˜stay-at-home-mom'-is-the-eighth-dirty-word-thinking feminazi! Votes: 0

I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera. Votes: 0

I feel frozen holding on to the flame of my own duality.. Votes: 0

If we keep holding on to God, there is nothing to fear. Votes: 0

Sometimes I think my whole life has been about holding on to you. Votes: 0

Keep holding on, stay strong. If the world gives up, just keep fighting. Votes: 0

Holding on to hope when everything is dark, is the greatest test of faith Votes: 0

Love is finding someone better than you are, and holding on for dear life Votes: 0

The spiritual life is always about letting go. It is never about holding on. Votes: 0

Holding on to anger is like poisoning yourself and hoping someone else will die. Votes: 0

True faith means holding nothing back; it bets everything on the hope of eternity Votes: 0

They should have come out of the dugout on tippy-toes, holding hands and singing. Votes: 0

Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering. Votes: 0

Falling in love was easy.anyone could fall. It was holding on that was tricky Votes: 0

This world’s anguish is no different from the love we insist on holding back. Votes: 0

I never trust people with no appetite. It's like they're always holding something back on you. Votes: 0

Holding on to negative feelings and past circumstances is like placing a lock on your soul. Votes: 0

Faith is not merely you holding on to God- it is God holding on to you Votes: 0

Change happens when the pain of holding on becomes greater than the fear of letting go. Votes: 0

I can count all the lovers I've had on one hand...if I'm holding a calculator. Votes: 0

I loved Mal Evans holding one note down on You Won't See Me from Rubber Soul. Votes: 0

The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence. Votes: 0

Up or out" greatly magnified the careerist emphasis on holding a position rather than doing a job. Votes: 0

I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back. Votes: 0

If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive. Votes: 0

What's going to make me happy is going on the court and holding up trophies, singles and doubles. Votes: 0

The third noble truth says that the cessation of suffering is letting go of holding on to ourselves. Votes: 0

I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails. Votes: 0

All of life and history is holding you on its shoulders so you can stretch one atom further. Votes: 0

Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real. Votes: 0

The entire teaching of Buddhism can be summed up in this way: Nothing is worth holding on to. Votes: 0

We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain. Votes: 0

He gave a sudden shake as if he couldn't stand to feel his life still holding on to him. Votes: 0

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. The heart will break... but broken live on. Votes: 0

800,000 Armenian deportees were actually killed... by holding the guilty accountable the government is intent on cleansing the bloody past. Votes: 0

Our suffering is caused by holding on to how things might have been, should have been, could have been. Votes: 0

San Francisco leads the world in the category of Most People On The Sidewalk Holding Conversations With Purely Imaginary Companions. Votes: 0

I'd rather die holding on to the love I believe in, than to live embracing a love that's a lie. Votes: 0

Taped on the wall was a hand-drawn picture- a stick figure with a bow on the head holding a litterbag. Votes: 0

When he left, you spent all your energy holding on to him. You could be happy if you let go. Votes: 0

There is only what you want and what happens. There is only grabbing on and holding tight in the darkness. Votes: 0

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire. Votes: 0

Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there. Votes: 0

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together. Votes: 0

After a geological epoch passed in which single-celled organisms evolved into talk show hosts, Mr. Coffee was still holding out on me. Votes: 0

It can seem an amazing fact that laws of nature keep on holding, that the frame of nature does not fall apart. Votes: 0

You come to a point where you give up on holding yourself to a perfect feminist ideal - it just feels stifling. Votes: 0

Failing to differentiate among employees "” and holding on to bottom-tier performers "” is actually the cruelest form of management there is. Votes: 0

You come to a point where you give up on holding yourself to a perfect feminist ideal "” it just feels stifling. Votes: 0

You might be a redneck if you are still holding on to Confederate money because you think the South will rise again. Votes: 0

The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves. Votes: 0

I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go. Votes: 0

The entire universe is one whole, when you drop holding on to your limited boundaries, then what you gain is the entire universe. Votes: 0

Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe. Votes: 0

If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to - follow a little closer. Votes: 0

I dont want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties. Votes: 0

Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose Votes: 0

Standing on the court and holding up that trophy - it's so great you want to keep doing it over and over again. Votes: 0

Hold the old holding hand. Hold and be held. Plod on and never recede. Slowly with never a pause plod on and never recede. Votes: 0

In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can't do that holding on to a glory from yesterday. Votes: 0

I never leave a dog alone in a car on a hot day. I make sure it's with an elderly person holding a baby. Votes: 0

We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it. Votes: 0

I see so many ways America uses to rob Negroes and it is sinful and America can't keep holding on, and doing these things. Votes: 0

The idea of God holding a grudge against us and needing to be asked to forgive us is an outrage on the Fatherhood of God. Votes: 0

I'm not great with breathing, like holding notes. I usually don't. A lot of people wouldn't believe it, but I don't focus on technical stuff... Votes: 0

Letting go has never been easy, but holding on can be as difficult. Yet strength is measured not by holding on, but by letting go. Votes: 0

She attempted to turn again; I held on. I wasn't holding tight enough to keep her, but she wasn't pulling hard enough to get away. Votes: 0

Just because someone is holding a gun doesn't make an image controversial. It all depends on where you put the gun, who is holding it. Votes: 0

The puppet on the right shares my beliefs, the puppet on the left is more to my liking. Hey...there's one guy holding up both! Votes: 0

Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain. Votes: 0

On Venus you could cook a 16-inch pepperoni pizza in seven seconds, just by holding it out to the air. (Yes, I did the math.) Votes: 0

Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We're Gonna Make You a Star. Votes: 0

Trump is holding together the shakiest coalition that you could conceivably govern on. It is a conservative, populist alliance that agrees with itself on very little. Votes: 0

You overestimate the courage of those in power. They are often more interested in holding on to that power than in doing anything worthwhile with it. Votes: 0

Home's where the people you love are. It's about finding the things that matter to you, and holding on to them and taking care of them. Votes: 0

Billy squinted at me. "Why are you letting them go?" "Because they're real." "How do you know?" "The one I was holding crapped on my hand. Votes: 0

Mostly you meet friends when traveling by accident, like by sitting next to them on the train, or in a restaurant, or in a holding cell. Votes: 0

No...No...We don't walk away but when we're holding on to something precious we run. We run away. We run as fast as we can. Votes: 0

I still enjoy the tactile sensation of holding a book. But when I need to read fast for work, I use the Kindle App on my iPad. Votes: 0

What a comfort it is to feel that amid the chaos and anarchy which sweep the surface, God is holding fast the foundations on which we build. Votes: 0

We’re too much ourselves. Afraid of letting go of what we are, in case we are nothing, and holding on so tight, we lose everything else. Votes: 0

Most of India's 300 odd news channels are making losses and are dependent on dubious cross holding, black money and dodgy private equity investors, both foreign and Indian. Votes: 0

The key to being able to let go of all the stuff you're holding on to is knowing that you'll be okay if you don't have it. Votes: 0

Something happens to us all when we experience something as a unit that doesn't occur when we're on our couches or holding our little portable DVD players. Votes: 0

When you hear fear knocking on the door, most of the time when you answer it there’s nothing there. It’s just you holding yourself back. Votes: 0

The sorcerer's description of the world is perceivable. But our insistence on holding on to our standard version of reality renders us almost deaf and blind to it. Votes: 0

When I'm really, really angry, if I'm privileged enough to be next to someone who can hold my anger, I'll definitely take them up on holding the bucket. Votes: 0

The one constant in my life has been my love of books: reading them, thinking about them, talking about them, holding them, turning people on to new ones. Votes: 0

She stood at the window, her arms spread wide, holding on to each side of the frame, it was as if she held a piece of the city. Votes: 0

I would absolutely commit to holding a vote on the hunting ban - I think it is not proven to be in the interests of animal welfare whatsoever. Votes: 0

Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby, Votes: 0

"ŽImprinting on someone is like... Like when you see her... Everything changes. All of a sudden, its not gravity holding you to the planet. It's her... Nothing else matters. Votes: 0

The people of our city are holding on by a thread. Time has run out. Can we survive another night? And who can we depend on? Only God knows. Votes: 0

When is the Democratic Party going to apologize for being the biggest slave-holding-supporting institution on the planet and sticking with racism for the century after the abolition of slavery? Votes: 0

I appear topless as a way of holding on to my Nilotic culture, and I also do it to taunt those Africans who are ashamed of our original cultural beliefs. Votes: 0

I'm ready for the day when Mom loves me too much to keep me, and for every other person who will someday see that I'm not worth holding on to. Votes: 0

I'm not leaving," Sam said, his eyes fixed on the boy he was holding. "Not until Disney Princess here apologizes, or his head comes off, one of the two. Votes: 0

I'll carry you." But she was already holding on, and though she knew she'd have to soon, she didn't see how she'd ever be able to let go of him. Votes: 0

He cried that night for all that he had lost, but he would say it taught him a valuable lesson: that holding on to things "will only break your heart. Votes: 0

Don't forget where you come from Don't die holding on to your words Cause you know you got a whole world to change But understand who you got to change first Votes: 0

Republicans seems to me to be chiefly concerned with holding on to what they have: in society, it's position, or respectability, or what you will; in business, of course, it's profit. Votes: 0

Women saw everything, and they thought about everything. The result was wisdom. For men, this was a frightening state of affairs, which is why they insist on holding on to power. Votes: 0

I don't know if I'm supposed to be holding on or letting go. I don't want to give up, but if there's nothing for me to hope for, then tell me. Votes: 0

For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom. Votes: 0

Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods. Votes: 0

Instead of holding on to the Biblical view that we are made in the image of God, we come to realize that we are made in the image of the monkey. Votes: 0

Because if they grow up holding on to such terrible feelings, it could lead to another war come time in the future when the fate of the country is in their hands. Votes: 0

Holding on to weight (i.e. anger, bitterness, the past, hatred) will not only hold you back, but also block your blessings. You've got to let some things go to move forward. Votes: 0

I guess I'm still holding on to something that I know will probably never happen, because somewhere deep down inside me, I have this little piece of hope that someday, it will. Votes: 0

A sloth once whispered in my ear and told me that when he is clinging to branches he closes his eyes and imagines that he's still a baby holding on to his mama. Votes: 0

I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour. Votes: 0

When your heart is shattered into a million pieces, all you can do is try to keep holding on. You breathe. You try to fall asleep. You try to not think about him. Votes: 0

When you got a guy hanging over the cliff holding on with one hand, you don't want him to get his other hand up there, you want to go ahead and stomp on it Votes: 0

They say that no one's gonna play this on the radio. They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone. But only songs like these played in minor keys, keep those memories holding on. Votes: 0

Because you will never, ever have the life God's planned for you as long as you're holding on to that fear. You can't swim to shore if you never let go of that life preserver. Votes: 0

There are a lot of people holding on to the old Jessie J - whatever that means - but I think there's a lot more people realizing what I'm about. I think people like it. Votes: 0

When we have painful memories from hurting experiences, we may feel justified in holding on to the resentment. But resentment is corrosive. It doesn't affect the person we feel anger toward, it destroys the host. Votes: 0