Rumi
Poet, Philosopher
"Life is balance of holding on and letting go."
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Holding On
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Bruce Springsteen
Musician, Singer-songwriter
"The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence."
Abraham Lincoln
Political Leader
"Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible."
Pharrell Williams
Musician, Producer
"In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can't do that holding on to a glory from yesterday."
Billie Holiday
Singer
"You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave."
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"You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning."
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"Holding on to anger is like poisoning yourself and hoping someone else will die."
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"What we don't recognize is that holding onto resentment is like holding onto your breath. You'll soon start to suffocate."
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"The entire universe is one whole, when you drop holding on to your limited boundaries, then what you gain is the entire universe."
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"An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue."
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"Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods."
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"When I watched Ellen come out in '97, my jaw was on the floor. I thought, There are some people who break the doors down, hold them open, and some people who walk right through."
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"On learning to swim: I'm too big to have some woman hold my stomach and say 'Now kick your feet.'"
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"The spiritual life is always about letting go. It is never about holding on."
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"Renewable ethanol represents a clear opportunity to grow a significant portion of our own fuel locally and begin to break the hold imported fuels have on us."
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"Holding on to the weak is called strength."
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"Holding on to anything blocks wisdom."
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"Nothing's as good as holding on to safety."
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"Yeah, sometimes life really sucks. But you know what I'm holding on for? The moments that don't suck. The trick is to notice them when they come around."
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"There is only what you want and what happens. There is only grabbing on and holding tight in the darkness."
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"Sometimes holding on was all you could do."
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