“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. They then dwell in the house next door, and at any moment a flame may dart out and set fire to his own house. Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force.” MenGivingMayMomentsPassionNextHouseForceForgetBehindsFireToo MuchDoorsDangerReturnGiving UpOvercomingFlamesNeglectedInferno Author:Carl Jung
“In prayer one must hold fast and never let go, because the one who gives up loses all. If it seems that no one is listening to you, then cry out even louder. If you are driven out of one door, go back in by the other.” IfsGivingSeemsLosesPrayerDoorsCryListeningLetting GoGiving UpDrivenHold FastNever Let Go Author:Jane Frances de Chantal
“For me white privilege has turned out to be an elusive and fugitive subject. The pressure to avoid it is great, for in facing it I must give up the myth of meritocracy. If these things are true, this is not such a free country; one's life is not what one makes it; many doors open for certain people through no virtues of their own.” PeopleIfsGivingCountryLife IsCertainWhiteVirtueDoorsSubjectsGiving UpRacismPressurePrivilegeMythElusiveWhite PrivilegeFugitiveMeritocracyFree Country Author:Peggy McIntosh
“A lot of people give up, but you cant stop me. If you close the door, Ill just jump out the window.” PeopleIfsGivingDoorsGiving UpWindowIllCant Author:Diane Warren
“Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life.” KnowsGivingLightSpeakDoorsGiving UpFindingsUnityEdgesOpeningConfusionContentionSharp Edges Author:Laozi
“"Compromise" means giving up more than the other side is big enough to take; if and when they have the muscle, they'll be back for more, regardless of what has been given up in an attempt to appear reasonable. You can't make a cur dog stay away from your back door by throwing an occasional bone at him.” IfsGivingMeanHas BeensEnoughBigsGivenSidesDoorsDogGiving UpBonesCompromiseMusclesReasonableThrowingOccasionalGiven UpIfs AndBack Doors Author:Neal Knox
“The best advice my mom has ever given me is to never give up. She believes when one door shuts, another door opens. Always, always move forward.” GivingBelieveMovingGivenDoorsAdviceMomGiving UpMy MomMoving ForwardNever Giving UpBest Advice Author:Melissa Rivers
“Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen.” IfsKnowsGivingHappensCompanyRecordsDoorsHeardGiving UpDon't Give UpBeing PositiveRecord Companies Author:Mary J. Blige
“She might, in fact, go crazy, as has happened to a lot of people who break rules. Not the people who play at rebellion but really only solidify their already dominant positions in society...but those who take some larger action that disrupts the social order. Who try to push through the doors that are usually closed to them. They do sometimes go crazy, these people, because the world is telling them not to want the things they want. It can seem saner to give up--but then one goes insane from giving up.” PeopleWorldWantGivingTryingSometimesPlayFactsSeemsMightActionOrderSocialBreakHappenedDoorsCrazyPositionGiving UpInsaneRebellionDominantSocial Order Author:E. Lockhart
“how can he love me then not? He went,he ran. And I cannot bring him back. Yet I left the door metaphorically wide open, hoping he'd come back and bang on it proclaiming, "I want to be here with you. Always." Soon I'm going to have to shutit. For my safety and my sanity. Let go. I don't want to. Won't letting go be just that - letting go? Giving up? Admitting failure? Admitting that it is really, truly over?” WantGivingLeftDoorsLetting GoGiving UpSafetyWideRanSanityBangsAdmittingProclaiming Author:Freya North
“You give up the world line by line. Stoically. And then one day you realize that your courage is farcical. It doesn't mean anything. You've become an accomplice in your own annihilation and there is nothing you can do about it. Everything you do closes a door somewhere ahead of you. And finally there is only one door left.” WorldGivingMeanLeftCan DoRealizingLinesDoorsOne DayGiving UpAnnihilationAccomplices Author:Cormac McCarthy
“It always happened like this: he would look and look for the keys to Satan’s Hearse and then finally he’d just give up and say, “Fine. I’ll take the fugging bus,” and on his way out the door, he’d see the keys. Keys show up when you reconcile yourself to the bus; Katherines appear when you start to disbelieve the world contains another Katherine; and, sure enough, the Eureka moment arrived just as he began to accept it would never come.” WorldWayGivingLooksRealEnoughMomentsShowsAcceptingHappenedDoorsKeysFineGiving UpSatanBusReconcileJust Give Up Book:The John Green Collection Source: The John Green Collection
“Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force. Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning. Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.” GivingLastsRememberForceLove IsDoorsKeysGiving UpRingsDon't Give Up Author:Paulo Coelho