“Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingBelieveI CanUseWisdomStruggleToo MuchPossibilityGoes OnLimitsGiving UpAchievementPerseverancePersistEnlighteningKeep BelievingGreat Perseverance Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“My wife was an opera singer, you know. She bellowed her way through Wagner as a Valkyrie. I married her and made her give up the theatre, to my eternal cost. She was to go on acting for myself alone. A performance at his own expense, lasting for more than twenty years, tends to wear out your spectator.” KnowsWayGivingYearsMadeActingWifeGoes OnCostGiving UpEternalMarriedPerformancesTwentiesMy WifeTheatreSingersLastingExpensesOperaSpectatorsWagnerOpera Singers Book:The Waltz of the Toreadors Source: The Waltz of the Toreadors
“A lot of artists give up because it's just too damn hard to go on making art in a culture that by and large does not support its artists. But the people who don't give up are the people who find a way to believe in abundance rather than scarcity. They've taken into their hearts the idea that there is enough for all of us, that success will manifest itself in different ways for different sorts of artists, that keeping the faith is more important than cashing the check, that being genuinely happy for someone else who got something you hope to get makes you genuinely happier too.” PeopleWayGivingBelieveHeartDoeArtImportantIdeasDifferentHardEnoughArtistCultureSupportTakenGoes OnGiving UpChecksDamnDifferent WaysAbundanceManifestDon't Give UpScarcityKeep The Faith Author:Cheryl Strayed
“You must never give up. You must remember that you have to take risks in order to achieve anything and sometimes you will suffer defeat. But the mark of any individual is to recover from defeat and disappointment and go on and give it his best shot.” GivingSometimesRememberSufferingOrderIndividualRiskAchieveGoes OnGiving UpShotsMarkDefeatDisappointmentNever Giving UpBest Shot Author:Richard M. Nixon
“The decision to leave [the church] is you're giving up everything you've worked for your whole life. I feel that people need to understand this has been my whole life. As time goes on, you start to lose touch with the real world. The mindset becomes us against them.” PeopleWorldNeedsGivingFeelsHas BeensRealWholeLosesChurchDecisionGoes OnGiving UpMindsetWhole LifeReal WorldTime Goes On Author:Leah Remini
“I do identify with Olympic athletes quite a lot because they have to push to reach a certain plateau and some of them go on and some of them give up and some art - you know, some people are very talented in art and do a few amazing things and then give it up and go on and do other things, and others are in it for the long haul, more or less long-distance runners.” PeopleKnowsGivingLongArtCertainGoes OnGiving UpDistanceAthleteRunnersAmazing ThingsLong DistanceHaulDistance RunnerLong HaulOlympic Athlete Author:Lawrence Jordan
“From the bottom of my heart, I wanted to give up; I wanted to give up on living. There was no denying that tomorrow would come, and the day after tomorrow, and so next week, too. I never thought it would be this hard, but I would go on living in the midst of a glomy depression, and that made me feel sick to the depths of my soul. In spite of the tempest raging within me, I walked the night path calmly.” GivingFeelsHeartMadeSoulHardWould BeWantedNightNextPathWeekGoes OnTomorrowMy HeartGiving UpSickDepthBottomRageMy SoulSpiteMidstTempestNext Week Book:Three plays Source: Three plays
“Does a soldier go to war in order to kill the enemy? no, he goes in order to die for his country. Does a wife want to show her husband how happy she is? no, she wants him to see how she suffers in order to make him happy Does the husband go to work thinking he will find personal fulfillment there? no, he is giving his sweat and tears for the good of the family And so it goes on: sons give up their dreams to please their parents, parents give up their lives in order to please their children; pain and suffering are used to justify the one thing that should bring only LOVE.” ThinkingWantGivingShouldChildrenDoeWarCountryShowsDreamPainUsedSufferingOrderDiesParentEnemyWifeOne ThingTearsSonGoes OnPleaseHusbandGiving UpSoldierFulfillmentJustifySweatOnly LoveWant HimPain And SufferingSweat And TearsPersonal Fulfillment Author:Paulo Coelho
“When you write, you want fame, fortune and personal satisfaction. You want to write what you want to write and feel it's good, and you want this to go on for hundreds of years. You're not likely ever to get all these things, and you're not likely to give up writing and commit suicide if you don't, but that is -- and should be -- your goal. Anything else is kind of piddling.” IfsWantGivingFeelsShouldWritingYearsKindGoalGoes OnFameGiving UpSuicideFortuneSatisfactionWhat You WantCommitPersonal Satisfaction Author:Dashiell Hammett
“You want to fall, that's all. You think it can't go on like that. It's as if your life is a perch on the edge of a cliff and going forward seems impossible, not for a lack of will, but a lack of space. The possibility of another day stands in defiance of the laws of physics. And you can't go back. So you want to fall, let go, give up, but you can't. And every breath you take reminds you of that fact. So it goes.” IfsThinkingWantGivingFactsSeemsLawLife IsFallSpaceImpossiblePossibilityGoes OnLetting GoGiving UpBreathsEdgesPhysicsCliffsDefianceAnother DayLaws Of Physics Author:Kevin Powers
“Only children believe they're capable of everything. They're trusting and fearless; they believe in their own power and get exactly what they want. When children grow up, they start to realize that they're not as powerful as they thought and that they need other people in order survive. Then the child begins to love and to hope his love will be requited; and as life goes on, he develops an ever-greater need to be loved in return, even if that means having to give up his power. We all end up where we are now: Grown-ups doing everything we can to be accepted and loved.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsGivingBelieveMeanChildrenEndsOrderGrowsRealizingPowerfulGrowing UpGreaterGoes OnReturnGiving UpCapableAcceptedFearlessHis LoveLife Goes OnOnly Child Author:Paulo Coelho