Abandonment Quotes

154 Abandonment quotes by 144 unique authors

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth… — Leonardo da Vinci
The highest, most decisive experience is to be alone with one's own self. You must be alone to find out what supports you, when you… — Carl Jung
Because the enormous narcissism of their parents deprived Will and Tom of suitable role models, both brothers learned to identify with absence. Consequently, even if… — Mark Z. Danielewski
The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost for… — Elisabeth Elliot
Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul. — George R. R. Martin
Being female in this world means having been robbed of the potential for human choice by men who love to hate us. One does does… — Andrea Dworkin
I cannot think of a single word to describe what we feel. I think we all feel it, to varying degrees. Perhaps in some other… — David Levithan
A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never fear abandonment.… — Bell Hooks
Relativity theory forced the abandonment, in principle, of absolute space and absolute time. — Marshall McLuhan
The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to an unlimited expansion… — Alan Greenspan
They say that the Soviet delegates smile. That smile is genuine. It is not artificial. We wish to live in peace, tranquility. But if anyone… — Nikita Khrushchev
Man's greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes - obscure heroes who are… — Victor Hugo
The tragedy of young-earth creationism is that it takes a relatively recent and extreme view of Genesis, applies to it an unjustified scientific gloss, and… — Francis Collins
When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a young medicine man interpret for… — Adam Beach
There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If you look at… — Kate Bernheimer
It became a metaphor for the lives of the people in this film and for the Old West, for the abandonment that occurred in the… — Dwight Yoakam
Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment — Arab Proverb
God is not pleased man It's clear that His standards missed The world is running rampant with sin,it's an abandonment Man is feeling stranded,feeling hopeless… — Unknown Author
I accept those who come and go... But only once each time, For if you leave and close the door, the key that locks is… — Unknown Author
~Can you hear my heavy heart? do you know my horrid cry in pain from the start. a tear in every eyes. can you see… — Angel_eyes
Never Shall I Forget Never shall I forget the day you told me you loved me, then you left through the the door Never shall… — RockyMills
The only thing worse than being abandoned, is not being worthy of an explanation. It hurts to let go... but the feeling you're falling.. grasping… — Jory Neville
No one likes to feel the feeling of abandonment, not you, not I. In this world that is corrupted people will be left behind, and… — Unknown Author
Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes — Victor Hugo
... men fear impotence; women fear abandonment. — Jo Coudert

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