--- title: "9 Idea Giving Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Idea Giving quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Idea Giving sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/craig-d-lounsbrough-285_defeat_to-give-up-on-the-idea-of-giving-up-is-t_2697169.jpg" --- > [“To ‘give up’ on the idea of ‘giving up’ is the first step in ‘getting up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/to-give-up-on-the-idea-of-giving-up-is-the-first-step-in-getting-up/) [Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/craig-d-lounsbrough-285_defeat_to-give-up-on-the-idea-of-giving-up-is-t_2697169.jpg) > ['' I have given up the idea of giving up. ''](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-have-given-up-the-idea-of-giving-up/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/anonymous-1_generosity_i-have-given-up-the-idea-of-giving-up-90_905192.jpg) > [In my head I always had the idea of giving my best and playing for the Selecao.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcelo/in-my-head-i-always-had-the-idea-of-giving-my-best-and-playing-for/) [Marcelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcelo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/marcelo-6242_always_in-my-head-i-always-had-the-idea-of-givi_931246.jpg) > [“The only thing that we should give up on is the idea that we should be giving up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/the-only-thing-that-we-should-give-up-on-is-the-idea-that-we-should/) [Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/craig-d-lounsbrough-285_determination_the-only-thing-that-we-should-give-up-on_2292359.jpg) > [The idea of giving someone something that I got, that makes me feel sad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexa-chung/the-idea-of-giving-someone-something-that-i-got-that-makes-me-feel-sad/) [Alexa Chung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexa-chung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/alexa-chung-4049_feels_the-idea-of-giving-someone-something-tha_1212277.jpg) > [The name 'Reflect It Back' comes from the idea of not only giving back but also seeing yourself in someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-carver/the-name-reflect-it-back-comes-from-the-idea-of-not-only-giving-back/) [Max Carver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-carver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/max-carver-56831_also_the-name-reflect-it-back-comes-from-the_2327826.jpg) > [That's what helps me keep playing: the idea of giving something to others. Because personally, I've had my fill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chet-faker/that-s-what-helps-me-keep-playing-the-idea-of-giving-something-to/) [Chet Faker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chet-faker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/chet-faker-14584_because_that-s-what-helps-me-keep-playing-the-id_2710317.jpg) > [People give because they identify with Burning Man, with our city, with our civic life. The idea of giving something to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-harvey/people-give-because-they-identify-with-burning-man-with-our-city-with/) [Larry Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/larry-harvey-21201_burning-man_people-give-because-they-identify-with-b_1262419.jpg) > [ What we did was to try and exploit that spirit \[the idea of giving\], which was there even before I approached individual… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/what-we-did-was-to-try-and-exploit-that-spirit-the-idea-of-giving/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/nelson-mandela-248_angle_what-we-did-was-to-try-and-exploit-that_2634099.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idea-giving/#itemlist", "name": "Idea Giving Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To ‘give up’ on the idea of ‘giving up’ is the first step in ‘getting up.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Craig D. 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