1,952 Quotes About Giving-up



  • Author Cormac McCarthy
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    Listen to me, he said, when your dreams are of some world that never was or some world that never will be, and you're happy again, then you'll have given up. Do you understand? And you can't give up, I won't let you.

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  • Author Cormac McCarthy
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    The notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your desire that it be that way will enslave you and make your life vacuous.

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  • Author Cormac McCarthy
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    You give up the world line by line. Stoically. And then one day you realize that your courage is farcical. It doesn't mean anything. You've become an accomplice in your own annihilation and there is nothing you can do about it. Everything you do closes a door somewhere ahead of you. And finally there is only one door left.

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  • Author Cynthia McKinney
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    It is at this moment, when things appear so bleak that we must redouble our efforts and not give up. We must believe that we can remake the world in a more peaceful reality.

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  • Author Dan Millman
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    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.

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