“One difference between libertarianism and socialism is that a socialist society can't tolerate groups of people practicing freedom, but a libertarian society can comfortably allow people to choose voluntary socialism. If a group of people - even a very large group - wanted to purchase land and own it in common, they would be free to do so. The libertarian legal order would require only that no one be coerced into joining or giving up his property.” PeopleIfsGivingWould BeWantedOrderDifferencesCommonGroupsLandGiving UpPropertyLibertarianSocialismLibertarianismTolerateSocialistJoiningLarge Groups Author:David Boaz
“It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What's needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take 'everyone on Earth' to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale.” KnowsGivingFirstsDoeEarthGivenCausesJusticeGroupsNeededGiving UpMassEndureCriticalDeterminedDramaticContinuingNot Giving UpAccumulationPeace And JusticeGaleCritical MassDramatic Change Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“Take a random group of 8-year-old American and Japanese kids, give them all a really, really hard math problem, and start a stopwatch. The American kids will give up after 30, 40 seconds. If you let the test run for 15 minutes, the Japanese kids will not have given up. You have to take it away.” IfsGivingYearsHardProblemRunningKidsGivenGroupsMinutesGiving UpTestsMathSecondsGiven UpMath Problems Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. That's the way to fame and success. ...as a group blacks must give up their illusions.” ThinkingWayGivingSuccessGirlBlackBoysGroupsFameGiving UpIllusionAthleteSingers Author:Kristin Hunter
“I just want to get my voice heard again and to allow people to know me outside of a group situation. I also want young girls who look up to me to know not to give up, even when people try and take you away from your destiny.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingTryingLooksYoungGirlVoiceSituationDestinyHeardGroupsGiving UpLook UpKnow MeNot Giving UpOur DestinyYour Destiny Author:LeToya Luckett
“The truth of the matter is, we can certainly fight against terrorism and fight terrorist groups around the world without having to give up our own civil liberties. They're not mutually exclusive.” WorldGivingMatterFightingLibertyGroupsGiving UpTerrorismTerroristAround The WorldExclusiveCivil LibertiesTerrorist Groups Author:John Kiriakou
“I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn't give up. Then I wrote one more book.” GivingWritingBookGroupsInspirational LifeGiving UpOrganizationFellowsNinePublishingConferencesCritiqueHooked Author:Beth Revis
“Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response.” GivingWritingSometimesWonderfulGroupsStrangeGiving UpResponseEdgesAccommodateAdvocating Author:Mary Oliver
“Abraham Maslow said that the fully realized person transcends his local group and identifies with the species. But the election of Ronald Reagan might've been the beginning of my giving up on my species. Because it was absurd. To this day it remains absurd. More than absurd, it was frightening: it represented the rise to supremacy of darkness, the ascendancy of ignorance.” GivingPersonsSaidMightDarknessGroupsIgnoranceGiving UpElectionRemainsSpeciesLocalsAbsurdThis DayFrighteningAbrahamSupremacyAscendancy Author:George Carlin
“Elend shook his head. "We can survive this. But, the only way that will happen is if our people don't give up. They need leaders who laugh, leaders who feel that this fight can be won. So, this is what I ask of you. I don't care if you're an optimist or a pessimist—I don't care if secretly, you think we'll all be dead before the month ends. On the outside, I want to see you smiling. Do it in defiance, if you have to. If the end does come, I want this group to meet that end smiling. As the Survivor taught us.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantNeedsGivingFeelsDoeEndsHappensCareFightingAsksLeaderLaughingGroupsTaughtMonthsGiving UpDon't CareI Don't CareSurvivorOptimistDefiancePessimistDon't Give UpTaught UsWant To See You Book:The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn Source: The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn
“The larger the group, the more toxic, the more of your beauty as an individual you have to surrender for the sake of group thought. And when you suspend your individual beauty you also give up a lot of your humanity. You will do things in the name of a group that you would never do on your own. Injuring, hurting, killing, drinking are all part of it, because you've lost your identity, because you now owe your allegiance to this thing that's bigger than you are and that controls you.” GivingHumanityNamesIndividualLostHurtGroupsIdentityGiving UpBiggerDrinkingKillingSakeSurrenderToxicAllegiance Author:George Carlin
“Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference and power over others. The God of Jesus and the prophets, however, saves completely by grace. He cannot be manipulated by religious and moral performance--he can only be reached through repentance, through the giving up of power. If we are saved by sheer grace we can only become grateful, willing servants of God and of everyone around us.” IfsGivingFeelsBelieveJesusReligiousQualityMoralGraceGroupsWillingGoodnessGiving UpDeservePerformancesGratefulSavedDevotionServantProphetRepentanceSheerServant Of GodDeferencePower Over OthersMoral Goodness Book:The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism Source: The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism