“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
“I decided I needed to give up something, so I gave up teaching.” GivingTeachingNeededGiving UpDecidedGave Up Author:Vera Rubin
“My advice to everybody - never give up and have great resiliency. Don't take the rejection personally, but listen if it’s intelligent and make changes if they’re needed and then move forward.” IfsGivingMovingAdviceNeededGiving UpIntelligentMoving ForwardRejectionNever Giving UpMaking ChangesResiliency Author:Sherry Lansing
“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
“A wonderful thing happens when you give up on hope, which is that you realize you never needed it in the first place. You realize that giving up on hope doesn't kill you, nor did it make you less effective. In fact it made you more effective, because you ceased relying on someone or something else to solve your problems - you ceased hoping your problems somehow get solved, through the magical assistance of God, the Great Mother, the Sierra Club, valiant tree-sitters, brave salmon, or even the Earth itself - and you just began doing what's necessary to solve your problems yourself.” GivingFirstsMadeFactsProblemHappensEarthMotherHopeRealizingWonderfulTreeNeededGiving UpBraveClubsSolveThings HappenAssistanceWonderful ThingsSalmonValiantSierraGreat Mother Author:Derrick Jensen