“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