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Giving Up Quotes by Mary Oliver
- Sometimes I spend all day trying to count the leaves on a single tree... Of course I have to give up, but by then I'm…
- Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group…
- Love, love, love, says Percy. And hurry as fast as you can along the shining beach, or the rubble, or the dust. Then, go to…
More Giving Up Quotes
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood
- My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films. — Brigitte Bardot
- Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln. — Bruce Barton
- It's hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing 'right,' which is probably a survival behavior learned from… — Melody Beattie
- In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. — Henry Ward Beecher
- In a couple, sometimes, one or both people have to give up their personal life, dreams and ambitions for the good of… — Monica Bellucci
- But marriage goes in waves. You've got to be patient. People bail and give up on their marriages way too early. They… — Anna Benson
- Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul. — Ezra Taft Benson
- Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. — Ambrose Bierce
- Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their… — Mary J. Blige
- I haven't trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I've never met a woman… — Erma Bombeck