Given Up Quotes

240 quotes by 212 authors

Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes… — Laozi
A young boy shouldn't be given up for hopeless just because he's lazy, surly, and good for nothing. Don't be discouraged by those things -… — Gracie Allen
War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly. — Aminatta Forna
Egotism, pride, etc. must be given up. — Swami Vivekananda
Once you have given up your limited self willingly to the Unlimited, you will rejoice so much in that consciousness that you will not care… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the… — Mel Smith
I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it. — Vincente Minnelli
Girls who stay true to themselves manage to find some way to respect the parts of themselves that are spiritual. They work for the betterment… — Mary Pipher
Hell is given up so reluctantly by those who don't expect to go there — Harry Leon Wilson
Everything that has name and form must begin in time, exist in time, and end in time. These are settled doctrines of the Vedanta, and… — Swami Vivekananda
I feel much better, now that I've given up hope. — Ashleigh Brilliant
I feel like I've given up a lot of my fantasies. I just want to do things differently, and to a lot of people that's… — Julian Casablancas
I always tell myself, 'Keep on fighting.' I wasn't always a good diverâ€”I had to work my way up to where I am now. If… — Christina Loukas
That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face… — Chanakya
In a society where rationality has ruled so long, the church frequently fails to see that in forsaking the weekly pursuit of the transcendent, we… — James MacDonald
I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on… — Sarah Polley
The ambitious are criticized by those that have given up. — Grant Cardone
Anyone who minimizes the importance of success to your future has given up on his or her own chances of accomplishment and is spending his… — Grant Cardone
The thing that's really rewarding is when people will say to me that they had actually given up the bass, but are going to start… — Nathan East
Writing or making anything-a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake-has self-respect in it. You're working. You're trying. You're not lying down on the ground,… — Sharon Olds

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