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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

Seneca

If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up.

Deepak Chopra

He's going to be so much further ahead of the other guys, his attitude has to be it's his job and he's not going to relinquish it. I think A.J. realizes that no matter who comes in it's his job to keep in terms of hustling, making plays, not making mental mistakes. So his opportunity is golden.

Rich Miano

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

Nicole Kidman

That's how the season's been going. We usually get the early lead and then somehow relinquish it.

Ben Winter

Aren't forced to choose between relinquishing their identities or being shut out of the program altogether.

John Boehner

Few, if any, landowners in Montana are asked to give up property rights in exchange for hypothetical 'credit' in an unrelated public discussion about the use of public lands. Montana landowners are not known for relinquishing valid existing property rights.

David Blair

To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.

Naomi Wolf

Never relinquish the initiative.

Charles de Gaulle

Obviously when you do that you are relinquishing some control.

Jeff Dungan

So that he seemed not to relinquish life, but to leave one home for another.

Cornelius Nepos

Faith-based organizations are forced to relinquish their protected rights to hire individuals who share their beliefs.

John Boehner

Clues are often very fleeting in nature. The question has become, 'How much can and should the government be doing, and what is the legality?' I'd be comfortable relinquishing some privacy for security. The question is, where is the equilibrium point?

John Arquilla

Out of obedience to you and my mother I have grievously sinned. Now I willingly relinquish the crown. May I not go home?

Jane Grey

One of the first things [Northwest] would relinquish would be the antitrust immunity with KLM. KLM and Northwest wouldn't be able to sit down and talk about pricing.

Sal Colak

It's too much burden when one tries to accomplish all those tasks along with their daily other jobs. I tell my patients to relinquish some of that control and delegate tasks.

Pat Ashby

We are very keen to see generic versions of this anti-viral drug available, but we will not pressure Roche to do so (relinquish its patent).

Peter Cordingley

Minnesota will have to wait their turn, ... We'll relinquish our jurisdiction over him upon completion of our criminal case.

Bill Douglas

The Harris government pulled off a clever trick — retaining all power while creating the illusion of relinquishing a substantial amount of it.

Mike Harris