Relinquished Quotes

33 quotes by 33 authors

Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever. — Gail Godwin
Today, America would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if they… — Henry A. Kissinger
Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things. — John Thorn
I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will… — Thomas Paine
One by one I have seen obstacles removed, errors corrected, prejudices softened, proscriptions relinquished, and my people advancing in all the elements that go to… — Frederick Douglass
Now that I've relinquished my fantasies of all the people I wish I could be, and stopped feeling guilty about [them], I have more time… — Gretchen Rubin
Once we meet our children, even for moments, in a place of "I don't know," of relinquished authority, we return to the realms of mystery… — Arjuna Ardagh
Men, you are in a battle. You are in a war. The stakes of this war and its casualties are higher than a checkmark in… — Tony Evans
It occurred to me that when a person chooses certain behaviors, they have complete, 100% control over their choices. But once the behavior is chosen,… — Mary L. Page
We may train ourselves to be adaptable as possible, to respond appropriately in each situation, but the ideal of controlling the outcome or steering events… — Mark Twight
Knowing that one dies... has brought with it a peace that before was elusive to say the least... it is useless, if at times pleasurable,… — Ruth Cracknell
For the wakeful one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgement and blame, there is no fear. — Gautama Buddha
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens . . . There has never been a moment… — Thomas Jefferson
Most previous immigrants came to the United States to become Americans, with no intention of returning home. They relinquished their ties with their homeland. English… — John Shadegg
Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die. — Charley Reese
Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet.… — Francesco Guicciardini
Women have always ruled my life, be it my mother, my wife, my assistant, or my daughter, so I don't really fight with them. I… — Jon Bon Jovi
Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily. — George Santayana
Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric. — Thomas Sowell
When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered. — Dorothy Thompson

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