Resignation Quotes

156 quotes by 143 authors

In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions… — Warren Buffett
A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve. — Salmon P. Chase
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that… — Noam Chomsky
Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions. — Stephen Ambrose
Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations,… — Corazon Aquino
Humility and resignation are our prime virtues. — John Dryden
The principal value of a garden is not understood. It is not to give the possessors vegetables and fruit (that can be better and cheaper… — Charles Dudley Warner
I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite… — Henry David Thoreau
The only thing more important than being good is being real. Authenticity is kinder than resignation without conviction. Truth leads to good faster than good… — Alan Cohen
Has it occurred to you that transmigration is at once an explanation and a justification of the evil of the world? If the evils we… — W. Somerset Maugham
We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others. — W. Somerset Maugham
I am now celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first request for my resignation. I look forward to many more. — Richard Darman
Nichelle Nichols had decided leave the original Star Trek series after the first season. Fed up with racist harassment and limitation, culminating with her learning… — Nichelle Nichols
I will not resign because my resignation will not resolve anything. — Thaksin Shinawatra
I detest my past, and anyone else's. I detest resignation, patience, professional heroism and obligatory beautiful feelings. I also detest the decorative arts, folklore, advertising,… — Rene Magritte
I want to feel my own nothingness, I want to give myself up in absolute resignation to God, to lie prostrate and passive at His… — Thomas Chalmers
A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little… — William Hazlitt
My advanced age has taught me the resignation of being Borges. — Jorge Luis Borges
Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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