“Give up the idea of 'color' for awhile! Consider masses - values, only... One dark and one light place in every picture.” GivingIdeasLightValuesDarkColorGiving UpMass Author:William Morris Hunt
“To just burn out, to give up just because things don't go your way, to assume that there is no God, no infinite light - I think that's pretty petty, personally.” ThinkingWayGivingGodLightGiving UpInfiniteAssumingPettyThere Is No GodBurn Out Author:Frederick Lenz
“As a general rule, those truths which we highly relish, and which shed a degree of practical light upon the things which we are required to give up for God, are leadings of Divine grace, which we should follow without hesitation.” GivingShouldLightGraceDivineDegreesGiving UpPracticalsShedHesitationRelishDivine Grace Author:Francois Fenelon
“To be honest, I don't really consider myself a prodigy. Learning the piano, I have encountered some difficulties. There are many challenges in playing and I've grown frustrated at times... But because I like to play the piano, I never thought of giving up. I was always able to overcome difficulties in pianistic techniques. Yes, there might be some 'traffic lights', but they all turned 'green'.” GivingPlayLightMightAbleChallengesHonestGiving UpOvercomingDifficultyGreenTechniqueBeing HonestPianoFrustratedTrafficProdigiesTraffic Light Author:George Li
“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
“Don't listen to me. Listen to yourself ... People often ask me at this age, 'Who am I passing the torch to?' First of all, I'm not giving up my torch, thank you! I'm using my torch to light other people's torches. ... If we each have a torch, there's a lot more light.” PeopleIfsGivingFirstsLightAgeAsksGiving UpPassingPassingsAsk MeNot Giving UpTorchesListen To MeListen To Yourself Author:Gloria Steinem
“The artist who gives up an hour of work for an hour of conversation with a friend knows that he is sacrificing a reality for something that does not exist (our friends being friends only in the light of an agreeable folly which travels with us through life and to which we readily accommodate ourselves, but which at the bottom of our hearts we know to be no more reasonable than the delusion of the man who talks to the furniture because he believes that it is alive.).” KnowsMenGivingBelieveHeartDoeRealityLightArtistHoursAliveSacrificeHe ManConversationGiving UpBottomFollyReasonableDelusionFurnitureAccommodate Book:The past recaptured Source: The past recaptured
“Laura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small, but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.” GivingLightStrongFeltDarkWindGiving UpLowsTinyWarmthSteadyBurnedNot Giving UpFlickerLaura Author:Laura Ingalls Wilder
“As a matter of fact she does not know to this day if those words were spoken, or if he only caught her, wound his arms around her, held her so tightly, with such continual, changing pressures that it seemed more than two arms were needed, that she was surrounded by him, his body strong and light, demanding and renouncing all at once, as if he was telling her she was wrong to give up on him, everything was possible, but then again that she was not wrong, he meant to stam himself on her and go.” IfsKnowsGivingDoeTwoMatterFactsBodyLightPassionStrongArmsNeededGiving UpPressureCaughtWoundsThis DayMatter Of Fact Author:Alice Munro
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” InspirationalGivingHardEnoughStoriesLightRunningJoyPurposeDifficultDarknessCourageOur LivesDangerousGiving UpInfiniteBraveSpendingVulnerableVulnerabilityBelongingInfinite PowerGiving Up On Love Author:Brené Brown
“Real courage is not to give up hope, even in the most terrible darkness, and to carry on. That if courage and love is deep as despair, deeper, then light may come again” IfsLoveGivingMayRealLightAgeLove IsDarknessTerribleDespairGiving UpAnd LoveDeeperNot Giving UpLove And CourageReal Courage Author:David Clement-Davies