There are people who give up as soon as they suffer their first failure.
And there are people who refuse to give up even after suffering failures repeatedly.
The wise people are those who neither give up too quickly, nor they refuse to give up at the right time.
The key to a happy and successful life is to know when to pursue something and when to give up.
There are many quotes that motivate people to never give up. Here are some of the popular ones.
If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.” ―Jesse Jackson
Survival can be summed up in three words―never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.” ―Bear Grylls
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ―Thomas Edison
You just can’t beat the person who won’t give up.” ―Babe Ruth
All these quotes are from the people who have actually achieved great success in life because they refuse to give up.
However, the list of people who made their life miserable and got into depression and even committed suicide because they refuse to give up at the right time is MANY TIMES more.
Before you ask me the basis for making such unpopular and highly demotivating statement, I will give you just two examples
In India, every year more than 5,00,000 young students appear for less than 1000 seats in UPSC Civil Services Examination. At least 20% (100,000)of the students never give up till they become overage (more than 32/37 years old) to write the examination. Please check up what type of life they lead thereafter.
All over the world, according to Forbes, more than 90% startups fails. Even those entrepreneurs who survive remains just ordinary throughout their lives. All these entrepreneurs wanted to become the next Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg (whose quotes we never get tired of reading).
Please ask the opinion of the rest about not giving up and you will know the truth.
If you wish to know the truth of anything, don’t rely merely on the statements of 0.001% of people who succeed by following a principle, but also those who did not taste success following the same principles.
It's good to fight your battle, but it is foolish not to give up when the chances of success are too low, or the battle is not worth fighting for.
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
So, don’t choose to fight a battle which you can’t win, or a battle which can make your life more miserable even if you win it.
It is better to quit such a battle at the right time to live a happy and peaceful life.