Quotes by Giving Up But marriage goes in waves. You've got to be patient. People bail and give up on their marriages way too early. They just don't put the work and the effort into it. You've got to suck up your ego a lot of times, because that can be a big downfall. Anna Benson effort giving-up people We set up a certain aim, and put ourselves of our own will into the power of a certain current. Once having done that, we find ourselves committed to usages and customs which we had not before fully known, but from which we cannot depart without giving up the end which we have chosen. But we have no right, therefore, to claim that we are under the yoke of necessity. We might as well say that the man whom we see struggling vainly in the current of Niagara could not have helped jumping in. Anna Brackett giving-up freedom struggle My mom and dad, you're my heart, thank you for keeping me going all these years and never letting me give up. Anna Gunn dad giving-up mom Trying to be perfect may be inevitable for people who are smart and ambitious and interested in the world and its good opinion...What is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Anna Quindlen smart giving-up people Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection. Anna Sui textiles giving-up interesting You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want them to say clearly and concisely. It's far more difficult to get people to think like a writer, to give up conventional habits of mind and emotion. You must be able to step inside your character's skin, and at the same time to remain outside the dicey circumstances you have maneuvered her into. Anne Bernays giving-up writing character There is lust and then there is love. They are related, but still very different things. To indulge in one requires little but honeyed speech and a change of clothes; to obtain the other, by contrast, a man must give up his rib. In return, his woman will undo the sin of Eve, and bring him back into Paradise. Anne Fortier indulge-in giving-up men Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past. Anne Lamott giving-up relationship past Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up. Anne Lamott giving-up hope inspiring Left to my own devices, would I trade this for firm thighs, fewer wrinkles, a better memory? On some days. That's why it's such a blessing I'm not left to my own devices. Because the truth is I have amazing friends and a deep faith in God, to whom I can turn. I have a cool kid, a sweet boyfriend, darling pets. I've learned to pay attention to life, and to listen. I'd give up all this for a flatter belly? Are you crazy? Anne Lamott giving-up inspiring sweet The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless. Anne Lamott hopeless giving-up reason Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother. Anne Lamott giving-up mother cute I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art. Anselm Kiefer giving-up believe art What it comes down to is intense desire. To get this winning edge, you need to build an indomitable will. This means you must be relentless; you must never give up. Anson Dorrance giving-up winning mean Cooking professionally is a dominant act, at all times about control. Eating well, on the other hand, is about submission. It's about giving up all vestiges of control, about entrusting Anthony Bourdain giving-up letting-go mean I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that. Anthony Bourdain giving-up wish play Life is not about giving up or giving in. Life is about giving. Anthony D. Williams giving-up life-is kids We do not have a fear of the unknown. What we fear is giving up the known. Anthony de Mello fear-of-the-unknown giving-up giving A disciple said to him, "I am ready, in the quest for God , to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up?" The Master calmly replied, "One's beliefs about God. Anthony de Mello quests giving-up country By giving up 'the need' and 'the want', things begin to happen for you Anthony Hopkins giving-up want needs «4567891011121314»