Giving Up Quotes - Page 89

I cannot give up my will - I must exercise it, putting it into action.

It is much easier not to struggle, to give up and take the path of the living dead. But if we want to live, we must struggle.

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

As long as you believe in yourself and your own vision, you have something. When you give up that, you are personally bankrupt.

When you allow circumstances beyond your control to determine your attitude and actions, you risk plunging into a downward spiral of hasty decisions and faulty judgments, to overreacting, giving up too soon, and missing those opportunities that always - always - appear just when you think life will never get better.

And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start to mold a new reality closer to the heart.

Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up.

Obviously, family values mirror our personal priorities. Given the gravity of current conditions, would parents be willing to give up just one outside thing, giving that time and talent instead to the family.

A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him.

Young man the simple answer is: land, land and land. No-one gives up land. Ever.

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

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

This grandson of an Irish immigrant, after whom I was named, Richard Michael Cawley is my grandfather. I was right that - and I always tell kids that, you know, if my small life represents anything is that if you work hard, you study hard, and you never give up on your dreams and listen to people that care about, you can live those dreams. And for me to be up on the platform standing with my right hand in the air in the presence of my family and our new president [Donald Trump], it just tells me this is a great country. My grandfather was right.

I have decided to give up heterosexuality. I have decided that, while the project of altering the balance of power within heterosexual relationships is still a valid one, it is no longer one I can espouse--so to speak. There is no revolutionary hope for the heterosexual, and I have therefore decided to love myself and become a lesbian.

Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash.

I truly believe —particularly in this political climate—I have to make my contribution a hopeful one. I can’t see the world any other way. To whom much is given, much is expected. You can’t come to me and expect that I’m going to be giving up on people, or on our society.

There's a false notion that success is a zero sum game. To win in our careers we have to give up family. To work hard we have to sacrifice sleep. To accomplish we must take (or borrow or steal) from somewhere else in our lives. It's just not the case.

I have traveled many times outside Iran, and have discussed the issue [of the Iranian nuclear project]. I have been asked for my opinion and that of the Iranian Jewish community, and I have always emphasized that the Iranian people has the right to obtain nuclear technology and energy for peaceful purposes. The Iranian people must not give up this right under any circumstances - and indeed, it will not.

Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.

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.

Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous with thee.

It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.

If you're into writing and making people laugh, or just want to video blog something, you should get a simple digital video camera. And all computers now come with an easy video editing software program. Just mess around with that for a little bit, try to figure it out, then just put stuff online and have fun. Never give up!

Friends such as we desire are dreams and fables, yet we never quite give up the hope of finding them.

I was never ready to give up, but I did get words of confidence to move forward from a few musicians that had climbed up the totem pole of rock. They were encouraging words that struck a nerve with me and made me stronger.