Giving Up Quotes

If liberals think they are losing elections because of the conservative bias in the media, they may as well give up right now.

I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.

Give up smoking. Don't get so fat. So much illness is self-induced - which I can't stand. And I'm not a good nursemaid. Don't call me if you're ill.

The best time to live-up to a great expectation be only when everyone says give-up.

I never give up on my players, and I'll never give up on people.

Reflecting on his years in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote that there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity, but he refused to give up.

I'm not trying to be cocky, but I set such a high standard for myself. I'm not happy when I pitch seven innings and give up two runs and get a win.

In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments.

Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.

If we give up freedom for security, we are in danger of losing both.

Those who give up liberty for the sake of security, deserve neither liberty nor security.

Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither.

When we give up our images of self-importance and our ideas of what should be, we can help things become what they need to be.

Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet.

I often long to . . . give up my life to love of my neighbour. This is really a temptation.

The Coens both give you direction, and then it's up to you to kind of figure out the music of what they're saying.

Christian hedonists don't discount suffering, they just don't give up until they find the gain in loss.

Even though college has been hard, I don't want to give up.

I can't give up Golf, I've got too many sweaters.

I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself

To gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get written.

My daughter, I can't give up because she's watching and she's here and she's waiting for me to be an example. So, between her, myself, and my will, and me pushing myself, that's my inspiration.

It's like giving up a belief in Santa Claus.

You can't give up on me. If you give up, then I'm going to break into a million pieces. I'm here. I'll give you everything I've got.

I wish I could give up smoking, but it does taste so delicious.

Asking politicians to give up a source of money is like asking Dracula to forsake blood.

Because in some men it is in them to give up everything personal at some time, before it ferments and poisons--throw it to some human being or some human idea. They have to.

Faust seems to have exerted a big influence on Star Wars. You know, the "give up your soul for immortality" or something.

One can give up many things for love, but one should not give up oneself.

Heroes aren't always the ones who win. They're the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don't give up. That's what makes them heroes.

Never give up, no, never give up If you're looking for something easy You might as well give it up.

Compromise is necessary so long as you never give up who you are. That isn't compromise; that's spiritual death. You have to remain true to yourself.

If I had to give up reading or give up listening to music, I suspect I'd stick with the music.

I guess it's wrong always to be worrying about tomorrow. Maybe we should think about today..." "No, that's giving up... I'm still hpoing that yesterday will get better.

People tend to personalize technology so they can't get to the systemic analysis. They say, "Oh, I can't give up my personal computer." Or, "I just love radio too much."

When people ask me which I would rather give up, writing or medicine, it's like being asked which eye I'd prefer to have poked out with a spoon: neither, and please use a fork.

I have a motto on my bedroom wall: 'Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.' Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that's worthwhile.

I am not who I was,' he whispered, gripping the edges of the column, 'but I know who I am.'... 'And I won't give up.

People may never understand this - and perhaps I should give up caring whether they do or not - but the idea of me playing Superman is so far away from what I was brought up to aspire to.

By the late '80s, I was already giving up on rap music.

You have to give up! you have to give up! You have to realize that someday you will die, Until you know that, you are useless!

You should never give up your inner self.

The secret for an artist is to make that a subject and not bang your head against the wall and give up. But to turn it into and treat the new subject matter, which is one's own vanishing.

If you have to, take a break, go to your corner, get some sleep but don't ever give up. You will get there.

This is what the good guys do. They keep trying. They don't give up

Give up bearing children and bear hope and love and devotion to those already born.

You must not for one moment give up the effort to build up new lives for yourself.

When running up a hill, it is all right to give up as many times as you wish-as long as your feet keep on moving.

Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

A lot of times, people say that if you work hard and never give up, it will always work out, which is a great message. However, that's not always the case.