quotes on not giving up

Doubt is not a pleasant state of mind, but certainty is absurd. ~Voltaire, 1767


Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later. ~Mary Bly


Lo! Men have become the tools of their tools. ~Henry David Thoreau


For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. ~Adlai Stevenson


Being neurotic is like shooting fish in a barrel, and missing them. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966


About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm. ~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.


Objectivity has about as much substance as the emperor's new clothes. ~Connie Miller


Brains are an asset, if you hide them. ~Mae West


God sells us all things at the price of labor. ~Leonardo da Vinci


Music is what feelings sound like. ~Author Unknown


Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard. ~Anne Sexton


Most guys aren't that picky. They may have quicker reflexes around large breasts, but they need more to keep them interested. We know plenty of women whose sex appeal makes their breasts exactly the right size. ~From "The Playboy Advisor," Playboy magazine, March 2004, in answer to the question, "If you have small breasts, how do you make yourself look sexy? Most guys want girls with large breasts."


It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming. ~John Steinbeck


Grandma quilts have love in every stitch. ~Author Unknown


Retirement has been a discovery of beauty for me. I never had the time before to notice the beauty of my grandkids, my wife, the tree outside my very own front door. And, the beauty of time itself. ~Hartman Jule


Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. ~Mark Twain


The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them. ~Richard Bach, Running From Safety


My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life. ~Olivia Newton-John


Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. ~Edwin Hubbel Chapin


The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?" ~Jeremy Bentham