Quotes by Giving Up Give up identification with this mass of flesh as well as with what thinks it a mass. Both are intellectual imaginations. Recognise your true self as undifferentiated awareness, unaffected by time, past, present or future, and enter Peace. Adi Shankara giving-uppastthinking Never give up and always believe in yourself. Adriana Lima believe-in-yourselfgiving-upbelieve Don't ever give up. Believe in yourself or no one else will. My personal saying is: 'I'd rather die knowing that I tried to do what I love.' Adrienne Bailon giving-upknowingbelieve What if you let go of every bit of control and every urge that you have, right down to the most infinitesimal urge to control anything, anywhere, including anything that may be happening with you at this moment? If you were able to give up control absolutely, totally, and completely, then you would be a spiritually free being. Adyashanti giving-uplightletting-go To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like. Give up doing the things that you do not like to do. You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind. Agnes Martin progressgiving-upmind For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political. You don't have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression. Ai Weiwei giving-upresponsibilitymean If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm saying is common sense. It's very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values. Ai Weiwei giving-upgovernmentthinking Don't just give up, Hachiko. Life is about getting knocked down over and over, but still getting up each time. If you keep getting up, you win. Ai Yazawa giving-uplife-iswinning You have to know your own truth and stick to it. And never despair. Never give up. There's always hope. Aidan Chambers despairgiving-upsticks You will never be more than a common Christian until you give up your own interest and cease defending yourself. Aiden Wilson Tozer giving-upchristiancommon We are often hindered from giving up our treasures to the Lord out of fear for their safety; this is especially true when those treasures are loved relatives and friends. But we need have no such fears. Our Lord came not to destroy but to save. Everything is safe which we commit to Him, and nothing is really safe which is not so committed. Aiden Wilson Tozer relatives-and-friendssafetygiving-up The faith of Christ offers no buttons to push for quick service. The new order must wait the Lord's own time, and that is too much for the man in a hurry. He just gives up and becomes interested in something else. Aiden Wilson Tozer giving-upmenorder Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true. Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I've been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times. Aimee Mullins roller-coasterget-bettergiving-up I started out being a stand up and writing my own material. That took me to Talk Soup, where I was writing and performing for TV. So everything is all the same job in my eyes, and I don't want to ever give up any part of it. I will say that stand-up is my first love; it's how I got started and is in my bones. Aisha Tyler giving-upeyewriting To give up doing evil is more important than making merit. Ajahn Chah giving-upimportantevil We say that to 'give up all evil and to develop the good' is the heart of the Buddha's teaching. If we only make merit but have not stopped doing bad things, then we will never have a day of completion. It is like an overturned bowl which is left outside in the rain. Even if the water is falling right on it, it only touches the outside and not the inside. In this way the bowl will never get full. Ajahn Chah giving-uprainfall If we want to really see the Buddha, we should observe his virtuous qualities. Whatever he taught, we should practise it. Only bowing to him is not enough. We need to renounce, give up, stop, so that we may see the Buddha. Ajahn Chah qualitygiving-upneeds As long as you're giving up quality records and you're makin' hit records, people are always gonna want to hear a hit and they'll always want to be attached to something that's doin' great. Akon giving-uplongpeople The essence of positioning is sacrifice. You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position. Al Ries sacrificegiving-upunique Never give up your day job. I do all sorts of things, but at the end of the day, it all boils down to The Today Show, and I love doing this thing, and they will have to blow me out of here with dynamite before I leave. Al Roker giving-upblowjobs«1234567891011»
