#relinquish

No ground gained was ever relinquished. ↗

— Matthew B. Ridgway

#gained #ground #relinquished

When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered. ↗

— Dorothy Thompson

#default #force #liberty #never #recovered

We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#must #never #relinquish #society #vision

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#blood #cheap #cost #freedom #much

Women have always ruled my life, be it my mother, my wife, my assistant, or my daughter, so I don't really fight with them. I relinquished control years ago. ↗

— Jon Bon Jovi

#always #assistant #control #daughter #fight

If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#bravery #control #courage #life #life-and-living

Dear is your heart and close your hand, I relinquish all to love's dysmorphic command. ↗

— Isabel Yosito

#command #dear #hand #heart #i

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily. ↗

— George Santayana

#like #readily #relinquished #should #skepticism

Most previous immigrants came to the United States to become Americans, with no intention of returning home. They relinquished their ties with their homeland. English was their key to prosperity, and they worked hard to master it. ↗

— John Shadegg

#came #english #hard #home #homeland

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#comfort #ecstasy #height #hermit #his