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In the Wu Tzu it says: 'He who would save his life shall lose it, and he who would give up his life shall save it.'

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

Giving up my scotch? My Macallan 18? That was hard for me! Though now that doesn't even sound good, being pregnant. You crave other things. A big thing of water sounds great!

If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve.

Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks.

Don't ever, ever, ever give up, because you're here for a reason, even if it's just to laugh at cats on the internet.

Always work hard, never give up, and fight until the end because it's never really over until the whistle blows.

I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

You cannot stop. If there is a concrete wall in front of you, you have to go through it. You can never, ever give up or even think in terms of giving up.

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

In my experience, getting rich takes focus, courage, knowledge, expertise, 100 percent of your effort, a never-give-up attitude and of course a rich mind-set.

A man making the confession of any creed worth ten minutes' intelligent talk, is always a man who gains something and gives up something. So long as he does both he can create: for he is making an outline and a shape.

I can't give up. It's a rap thang. And I ain't goin back to the crack game.

Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don't.

The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried.

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

I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.