#resign

I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#bloodshed #i #i think #only #resignation

I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#disadvantageous #even #formally #future #going

I am resigning because my secret leaves the governor's office vulnerable. ↗

— James McGreevey

#because #governor #i #i am #leaves

The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come to a halt and accept themselves as they are. Those who fail become resigned and accept themselves as they are. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#achieve #arrested #become #come #fail

The death of JFK to the resignation of Richard Nixon marked a great turning point in American life. ↗

— Pierre Salinger

#american life #death #great #jfk #life

My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen. ↗

— Michael Strahan

#championship #fact #fame #giant #go

I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#decline #europe #france #i #myself

After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon's tapes. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#aggressive #attempting #because #engaged #happily

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. ↗

— William Alexander

#courage #die #earth #fall #forget

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#bounds #cannot #guardian #hear #our