“What are you waiting for in order to give up?”

“I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

“Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better.”

Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933) American diplomat

“I expected you on every hour, and was impatient to get forward that I might be able to give some account of the country when you came up. Before I left Crompond, I desired Mr. Pettit to wait upon you at your arrival, and take your orders, and if there was any thing special to forward it by express.”

Nathanael Greene (1742–1786) American general in the American Revolutionary War

“Hurry up: your dreams are waiting for you, but they will not wait forever”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

“Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.”

Maya Angelou book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“You seem to be under the impression that I work for you and you can give me orders. Let me fix that." I hung up.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

“If you are waiting for anything in order to live and love without holding back, then you suffer.”

David Deida (1958) American writer

“Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win.”

Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga