“I'm never home. I miss birthdays. I miss holidays. I miss anniversaries. I miss special moments. I'm not always there for important times, because I'm out on the road trying to make people laugh. I give up my privacy. I give up the ability to walk somewhere and relax.” PeopleGivingTryingImportantMomentsHomeAbilityWalksLaughingSpecialMissingGiving UpRelaxHolidayPrivacyMaking People LaughSpecial Moments Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“People told me to give up trying to be special and settle down to a regular life. There ain't nothing wrong with a regular life, and that's the Lord's truth...but it wasn't for me, because I wanted to be something special. I knew how easy it was for a dream to die. I seen that all around me. You could let it die by just looking the other way.” PeopleWayGivingTryingDreamWantedDiesEasyLordSpecialGiving UpSettlingSomething SpecialSettling Down Author:Walter Dean Myers
“Good action and thoughts produce consequences which tend to neutralize, or put a stop to, the result of evil thoughts and actions. For as we give up the life of self (and note that, like forgiveness, repentance and humility are also special cases of giving), as we abandon what the German mystics called "the I, me, mine," we make ourselves progressively capable of receiving grace. By grace we are enabled to know reality more completely, and this knowledge of reality helps us to give up more of the life of selfhood - and so on, in a mounting spiral of illumination and regeneration.” KnowsGivingSelfHelpingRealityActionEvilResultsCasesGraceSpecialProduceHumilityMinesGiving UpCapableConsequenceNotesAbandonRepentanceReceivingIlluminationSpiralsRegenerationThoughts And ActionsGood ActionsEvil Thoughts Author:Aldous Huxley
“Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you're glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things.” GivingHas BeensNumbersCasesMagicSpecialActivityGiving UpGladZeroCould Have BeenCredibility Author:Bill Gates
“Eric Green is a great cornerback, but if he gets beat on one play he will come back and make it next. Just a guy that never gives up and does his best. A very unselfish guy not only as a cornerback but also on special teams.” IfsGivingDoePlayGuyNextTeamSpecialGiving UpBeatsGreenNever Giving UpEricUnselfishSpecial Teams Author:Erick Green
“The Peña Nieto government is not going to investigate itself; there's no true autonomy in the investigative and justice branches of the government in Mexico. The recent Mexican crimes and scandals, is profoundly structural, and you'd have to change the way Mexico is run, create a truly independent special prosecutor's office, to even have a chance to get close to achieving justice. People, including the families and many others throughout Mexican society, aren't going to give up in fighting for just that kind of change.” PeopleGivingKindRunningFightingJusticeChanceAchieveSpecialCrimeOfficeGiving UpIndependentAutonomyMexican Author:Francisco Goldman
“Things change when someone special comes into your life. Both sides have to give up things. The one thing you don't give up in a good relationship is you--whatever makes you most you. - Jim Olsten (Jane's Grandpa)” GivingSidesOne ThingSpecialGiving UpBoth SidesThings ChangeJaneDon't Give UpGrandpaGood RelationshipSpecial Someone Author:Elizabeth Chandler
“Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference.” WayGivingHappensSpecialHorrorGiving UpThings HappenInterferenceGiving Up ControlLetting Things Happen Book:Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Source: Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
“One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting every one else to give it up. That is not the Christian way. An individual Christian may see fit to give up all sorts of things for special reasons--marriage, or meat, or beer, or the cinema; but the moment he starts saying the things are bad in themselves, or looking down his nose at other people who do use them, he has taken the wrong turning.” PeopleMenWayGivingMayReasonMomentsUseChristianCertainIndividualTakenSpecialTypeFitGiving UpMarkBeerNosesCinemaMeatBad ManLooking Down Book:Mere Christianity Source: Mere Christianity
“You are a gift to all who know you, whether or not they realize it. If they don't, they are blind. You have a special place in this world. All you have to do is find it. Do not give up on yourself, or the truths you have realized. Do not give in to those who could crush your dreams like nutshells. And never turn away from forever love.” IfsKnowsWorldGivingDreamTurnsRealizingForeverSpecialThis WorldGiving UpBlindYour DreamsCrushNot Giving UpSpecial PlacesForever LoveDo Not Give Up Author:Ellen Hopkins