"When times get tough, we don't give up. We get up."
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"You can ask the people around me. I don't give up. I don't give up. I don't give - and it's not out of frustration and desperation that I say I don't give up. I don't give up because I don't give up. I don't believe in it."
"The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet."
"Don`t give up! Don`t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!"
"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities."
"Wars are not won by evacuations."
"If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through. What am I supposed to do, look intelligent?"
"Don't become cynical. Don't give up hope. Don't believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood."
"As my mother says, You give back, you don't give up. You can always choose to help others. If you do, it will change you."
"Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter."
"If you don't give up, you still have a chance. And when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength."
"Don't give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring which opens the door."
"Success is just being happy. And I try so many different things. I do a lot of different things. Because I think God has helped me to love myself. I know who God is, and I love God."
"I always look on the bright side of everything. If you keep aiming for some goal, you usually get there if you don't give up."
"But I don't give up; I forget why not."
"Gracie: "Don't give up, Blanche. Women don't do that. Look at Betsy Ross, Martha Washington-they didn't give up. Look at Nina Jones." Blanche Morton: "Nina Jones?" Gracie: "I've never heard of her either, because she gave up.""
"The overall message is that no matter what you want to do in life, don't give up."
"Don't abandon what makes you who you are. Don't give up hope."
"All successful people learn that success is buried on the other side of frustration. Unfortunately, some people don't get to the other side... They allow frustration to keep them from taking the necessary actions that would support them in achieving their desire. You get through this roadblock by plowing through frustration, taking each setback as feedback you can learn from, and pushing ahead."
"I'm not funny. What I am is brave."
"I don't give up because I don't give up. I don't believe in it."