Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pope Francis

We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people are simply giving up on marriage as a public commitment.

Pope Francis

Be present to those who, living in the midst of a society burdened by poverty and corruption, are broken in spirit, tempted to give up, to leave school and to live on the streets.

Pope Francis

Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up.

Pope Francis

We cannot give up in the face of evil. God is Love and he has defeated evil through Christ’s death and resurrection.

Rachel Caine

There is a certain freedom in giving up all hope. One is no longer bound by the cords of dread or fear; you simply move toward the inevitable without thinking on the consequences.

Sometimes I feel the only way I can get a major publisher interested in mental illness is if I find a character who has bipolar disorder and is also a love-sick vampire attending an English school called Hogwarts. But I'm not giving up.

Pete Carroll

It comes down to taking care of the people in your program and making them the best they can be-not giving up on them and never failing to be there for them.

Paulo Coelho

The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that we do not deserve to get what we want either. We forget about all the obstacles we overcame, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far...

Paulo Coelho

Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have to give up all the other important things.

Paulo Coelho

Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious.

Paulo Coelho

Don't give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring which opens the door.

Paulo Coelho

Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs - but move on.

The most common trait I have found in all successful people is that they have conquered the temptation to give up.

Quico Canseco

There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.

Questlove

It's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time.

Questlove

Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

Prince Philip

We go into the red next year... I shall have to give up polo.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

An artist must eat sparingly and give up a normal way of life.

Pope Francis

Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up: there are no situations which God cannot change, there is no sin which he cannot forgive if only we open ourselves to him.

Naturi Naughton

As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.

Natsuki Takaya

That's why I won't give up! I'll continue to move forward because I believe!

Natsuki Takaya

I know that happy things and fun things eventually come to an end. But things that are scary and sad come to an end too...they always do. Even if you can't always believe that , please don't give up. Live.

Nathaniel Branden

A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him.

Mother Teresa

Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess

Mother Teresa

I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve Him among the poorest of the poor. It was an order.

Jim Rohn

I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.

Jim Rohn

So, before you are tempted to give up or get discouraged, remember all success is based on long term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few stepping stones along the way. You might not like the stone you are on right now, but it's sure to be one of the stones that lead to great opportunities in the future.

Elizabeth Fry

I give myself this advice: Do not fear truth, let it be ever so contrary to inclination and feeling. Never give up the search after it; and let me take courage, and try from the bottom of my heart to do that which I believe truth dictates, if it lead me to be a Quaker or not

Elizabeth Hand

Real myths are often strange and startlingly unfamiliar, and don't always give up their meanings easily; you have to tease them out, and for me, that's one of the pleasures of reading older collections of lore.

Elizabeth Gilbert

What are you willing to give up, in order to become who you really need to be?

Elizabeth Gilbert

Sanity and clarity are more important for me and I'm willing to give up a lot of shimmer for it. I'm willing to have more boring friends, who are sane.

Joel Osteen

Keep believing. You may be tired, discouraged, but don't give up on your future.

Joel Osteen

Many times, we miss out on God's best because we give up too soon. We don't realize how close we are to victory.