“When you makes movies, you usually make good money. But it is also a very tough job. Once you enter the public's eye, you have to be aware that you give up a huge part of your own life. And it is never a job from nine to five.” GivingEyeJobsFiveHugeGiving UpToughNineGood Money Author:Brigitte Nielsen
“My whole thing is I want to have a backup plan because maybe I won't get another acting job after 'Fame', maybe I'll want to give up on acting in five years or whatever and I want to have something else that I enjoy just as much as I enjoy acting.” WantGivingYearsWholeJobsEnjoyActingFivePlansFameGiving UpFive YearsBackupBackup Plan Author:Kay Panabaker
“My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't making enough money to live on, and was beginning to think I'd have to give up the dream of being a full-time writer.” ThinkingGivingFirstsBookEnoughDreamHalfNovelFiveGiving UpSixDozenPublishersTurned Down Author:Ian Rankin
“No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed. In fact, in studying the source of people's success, I've found that persistence overshadows even talent as the most valued and effective resource in creating and shaping the quality of life. Most people give up a maddening five feet from their goal!” PeopleGivingFactsMotivationalFoundGoalQualityStudyFiveFeetTalentSourceGiving UpAchievementCreatingResourcesCommittedPersistenceBelieve In YourselfDedicationQuality Of LifeRecipe For SuccessGiving Up Is Not An OptionNever Surrender Book:Awaken The Giant Within Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“I never felt I could give up my life of freedom to become a man's housekeeper. When I was young, if a girl married poverty, she became a drudge; if she married wealth, she became a doll. Had I married at twenty-one, I would have been either a drudge or a doll for fifty-five years. Think of it!” IfsThinkingMenGivingYearsHas BeensYoungGirlFeltWealthFreedomMarriagePovertyFiveGiving UpMarriedTwentiesFive YearsFiftyDollsTwenty OneHousekeepers Author:Susan B. Anthony
“Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A commitment to truth over spin; 4) A commitment to courage over cowardice; and 5) A commitment, or willingness, to give up power.” GivingPoliticalPoliticsTermAbilityPrinciplesFiveKeysGiving UpCommitmentCompromiseWillingnessCowardiceStatesmenExhibitsTerm Limits Author:Tom Coburn
“I think my father was sick of being on the sidelines watching a bunch of incompetents in his mind. And in our world, in our business world, these people wouldn't last five minutes in real companies, and he's sick of them making decisions that are costing our children, their children behind them, trillions of dollars and really giving up the great power that we've built up over the last 200 years.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingYearsMindChildrenRealLastsFatherDecisionBehindsCompanyFiveMinutesGiving UpBuiltSickOur ChildrenDollarsBunchOur WorldFive MinutesGreat PowerMaking DecisionsSidelinesBusiness World Author:Donald Trump, Jr.
“I never give up. If you beat me, you have to beat me one, three, four, five times, and I still don't give up.” IfsGivingStillsThreeFiveFourGiving UpBeatsNever Giving UpDon't Give UpI Never Give Up Author:Mariano Rivera
“Even though I didn't notice it while it was happening, I got reminded in ninth grade of a few things I guess I should have known all along. 1. A first kiss after five months means more than a first kiss after five minutes. 2. Always remember what it was like to be six. 3. Never, ever stop believing in magic, no matter how old you get. Because if you keep looking long enough and don't give up, sooner or later you're going to find Mary Poppins. And if you're reall lucky, maybe even a purple balloon.” IfsGivingShouldFirstsBelieveMeanLongMatterEnoughRememberKnownFiveMagicMinutesMonthsLuckyKissingGiving UpSixHappeningsShould HaveGradesMarySooner Or LaterFive MinutesPurpleDon't Give UpBalloonsFirst KissOld YouShould Have KnownNinth GradeMy Most Excellent Year Author:Steve Kluger
“In the church is a memorial to Mrs. Sarah Hill, who bequeathed 1 pound annually, to be divided at Easter, between two boys and two girls who "have never been undutiful to their parents; who have never been known to swear or to tell untruths, to steal, or to break windows." Fancy giving up all that for five shillings a year! It is not worth it!” GivingYearsTwoGirlParentChurchKnownBoysBreakFiveGiving UpWindowStealingHillsFancyPoundsDividedSwearWorth ItEasterMemorialUntruthNot Worth It Book:Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog Source: Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog
“You are mine, Aisling. You are mine today, tomorrow and five hundred years from now. You will always be mine. I do not give up my treasures, kincsem. You would do well to remember that.” GivingYearsWellsTodayRememberFiveMinesTomorrowGiving UpHundredTreasureNot Giving UpDo Not Give Up Author:Katie MacAlister
“A man making the confession of any creed worth ten minutes' intelligent talk, is always a man who gains something and gives up something. So long as he does both he can create: for he is making an outline and a shape.” MenGivingLongDoeStillsBigsDealsFiveWifeMinutesShapesTenGiving UpGainsIntelligentWineIslamConfessionCreedsBig ThingsOutlines Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton