Resign Quotes

“Some political leaders in the world make big mistakes but they never resign”

“Some political leaders in the world make big mistakes but they never resign”

“We are all resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.”

“We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.”

“Resignation is what kills people. Once they've rejected resignation, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath.”

“I mean that I discovered there's a difference between acceptance and reignation - one is positive, the other is negative. Acceptance opens the door of hope wide, while resignation slams it shut. One says God is good and loves us, and the other says He is harsh and doesn't care. Abraham chose to 'accept' God's will, knowing full well that God loved him and not only wanted the best for him, but knew exactly what that 'best' would be. Neither is easy when it means relinquishing the desires of our heart, but 'acceptance' promises that God will bless our obedience with a greater good. 'Resignation,' however, can sever our relationship with God, which leaves us on our own, resulting in darkness and despair.”

“Despair? I don't despair. I have never once in my life despaired anything. I make a point not to go further than resignation.”

“I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.”

“But she knew, though very vaguely, that she was crying, because hope hurts terribly when it breaks through the resignation in which you have lived for days.”

“I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I don't know now either.”

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”