George Michael Ward Jr. (Micky Ward) Quotes

I knocked a lot of guys out from the seventh round on - so if I gave up, I would never have achieved what I did. There was no giving up. It's weak to give up. The easiest thing in the world is to quit.

George Michael Ward Jr.

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• Proactive giving is what you do when you've found your passion. It expresses your values, interests and concerns. It engages not just your dollars, but also your mind, time, skills and networks - the philanthropic equivalent of leaning in, rather than leaning back. Most importantly, proactive giving is something you want to do.

  

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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  • Mind
  • Giving

• We don't understand why we're here, no one's giving us an answer, religion is vague, your parents can't help because they're just people, and it's all terrible, and there's no meaning to anything.

  

  Adam Driver
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• The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.

  

  Viktor E. Frankl
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• Online, you can become much more than a reactive donor - you can become a proactive, strategic, collaborative philanthropist, improving your giving every day by tapping into the wealth of philanthropic resources available at the tap of a keyboard or the click of a mouse.

  

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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  • Day
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• My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.

  

  Ferdinand Foch
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• I want to be remembered like Pete Rose. 'Charlie Hustle.' I want people to say, 'Wherever he was, he was always giving it his all.'

  

  Walter Payton
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• Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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  • Remember
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• I'm very wary about giving advice. I think it's very dangerous to give advice to people, except if you know them very well.

  

  Omar Sharif
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• Happiness is the bomb cosmetic! When I'm smiling, sometimes I'm giving thanks for all the things I have rather than worrying about the things I don't.

  

  Yaya DaCosta
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  • Happiness
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• The United States is no longer first in the world in upward mobility. We can reverse that trend by giving our young children an equal start in life as they begin their journey to fulfill the American Dream.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • Life
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• How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They said that they couldn't do it; it would destroy them. I said they had to do it. And I finally got support from Hoffman on it.

  

  W. Averell Harriman
  • Up
  • Money
  • Giving

• Hunter and I never got proper journalistic accreditation to go anywhere. Nobody was giving us passes to go in here or there. We always had to somehow talk our way in.

  

  Ralph Steadman
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• Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

  

  Larry Bird
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• It has not been unknown that judges persist in error to avoid giving the appearance of weakness and vacillation.

  

  Felix Frankfurter
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  • Unknown

• Giving up at something that no longer serves a purpose, or protects you, or helps you, isn't giving up at all, it's growing up.

  

  Laurell K. Hamilton
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  • Giving
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• Whatever my intentions, whatever the truth of my claim, I had no business giving a lecture to a total stranger.

  

  Ayelet Waldman
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• '12 Angry Men' has a truly great collection of actors giving fantastic performances. It's an acting masterclass.

  

  David Harewood
  • Great
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• We understand bringing girls into the tech space is about giving them skills to create social impact and change in their community.

  

  Kimberly Bryant
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• So many of us have our asses watching stupid reality shows, desensitizing our brains. Like, "Wow, isn't that dumb, but I'm so entertained right now! That's the stupidest thing I've seen in my life - give me more of it!" You know what I'm talking about. I turn on the television and I'm like, "This is so bad, but I cannot get my fucking eyes off of it." It's not good.

  

  Michael Pitt
  • Reality
  • Giving
  • Brain

• Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fell asleep during Obama's speech. She woke up with the other justices drawing a gavel on her face.

  

  Conan O'Brien
  • Up
  • She
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• There is no such thing as an average person. They really are guidelines for people to grapple with the unknown, and we can always surprise expectations.

  

  Daniel Tammet
  • People
  • Unknown

• I am a fan of an all-of-the-above energy strategy, and I certainly support wind as a large part of that goal.

  

  James Lankford
  • Energy
  • Support
  • Wind

• I have OCD mixed with ADD, you try living with that. Its complicated.

  

  Justin Timberlake NSYNC
  • Trying
  • Complicated
  • Add

• I knocked a lot of guys out from the seventh round on - so if I gave up, I would never have achieved what I did. There was no giving up. It's weak to give up. The easiest thing in the world is to quit.

  

  George Michael Ward Jr.
  • Giving
  • Achieved
  • Easiest