Giving Up Quotes — Page 22

Politician, Actor

“There are those, of course, who claim we must give up freedom in exchange for economic progress. Well, pardon me, but anyone trying to sell you that line is no better than a three-card-trick man. One thing becoming more clear every day is that freedom and progress go hand in hand. Throughout the developing world, people are rejecting socialism because they see that it doesn't empower people, it impoverishes them.”

Men Hands Giving Up

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J. R. R. Tolkien

Novelist, Scholar

“One tiny Hobbit against all the evil the world could muster. A sane being would have given up, but Samwise burned with a magnificent madness, a glowing obsession to surmount every obstacle, to find Frodo, destroy the Ring, and cleanse Middle Earth of its festering malignancy. He knew he would try again. Fail, perhaps. And try once more. A thousand, thousand times if need be, but he would not give up the quest.”

Evil Giving Up Glowing

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Jim Carrey

Actor, Comedian

“If you give up on your dreams, what's left?”

Dream Giving Up

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Confucius

Philosopher

“The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.”

Character Powerful

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Sigmund Freud

Neurologist, Psychoanalyst

“If you can't do it, give up!”

Giving Ifs Giving Up

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Niccolo Machiavelli

Political Philosopher, Historian

“I assert once again as a truth to which history as a whole bears witness that men may second their fortune, but cannot oppose it; that they may weave its warp, but cannot break it. Yet they should never give up, because there is always hope, though they know not the end and more towards it along roads which cross one another and as yet are unexplored; and since there is hope, they should not despair, no matter what fortune brings or in what travail they find themselves.”

Art War Giving Up

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Groucho Marx

Actor, Comedian, Writer

“The Arab and the camel are inseparable. It's been said that and Arab would give up his wife rather than give up his camel. Personally, I haven't got a camel, but I think it's a great idea.”

Thinking Ideas Giving Up

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Fred Barnes

Journalist

“The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.”

Winning Media Giving Up

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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Statesman, Founder of Republic

“Lasting peace is sought, it is essential to adopt international measures to improve the lot of the masses. The welfare of the entire human race must replace hunger and oppression. People of the world must be taught to give up envy, avarice and rancour.”

People Race Giving Up

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Allen Ginsberg

Poet, Activist

“It means abandoning being a poet, abandoning your careerism, abandoning even the idea of writing any poetry, really abandoning, giving up as hopeless - abandoning the possibility of really expressing yourself to the nations of the world. Abandoning the idea of being a prophet with honor and dignity, and abandoning the glory of poetry and just settling down in the muck of your own mindYou really have to make a resolution to write for yourself, in the sense of not writing to impress yourself, but just writing what your self is saying.”

Writing Mean Giving Up

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Yoko Ono

Artist, Musician, Activist

“Don't ever give up on life. Life can be so beautiful, especially after you've spent a lot of time with it.”

Giving Beautiful Giving Up

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Swami Vivekananda

Spiritual Leader, Philosopher

“Give up all desire for enjoyment in earth or heaven. Control the organs of the senses and control the mind. Bear every misery without even knowing that you are miserable. Think of nothing but spiritual freedom.”

Thinking Spiritual Giving Up

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