#resign

I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I don't know now either. ↗

— Amitabh Bachchan

#because #did #either #how #i

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#account #claim #enables #enemy #essence

No, I did not offer to resign for a second. ↗

— Michael Isikoff

#i #offer #resign #second

A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve. ↗

— Salmon P. Chase

#forethought #grave #man #minded #never

I am a President held prisoner, that I haven't resigned and I will not resign. ↗

— Hugo Chavez

#haven #held #i #i am #president

Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#attic #being #being content #content #contented

Let whatever is going to happen to me happen. I'm expecting the worst for myself and I'm resigned to it. ↗

— Alexander Dubcek

#going #happen #i #me #myself

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#got #mean #means #resignation #something

I submit to you, Mr. President of Congress, my formal resignation as president of the republic. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

#formal #i #mr #president #republic

It may not be proper for me, perhaps, to let my feelings carry me further am therefore resigned to stop here, if sir, you think my particular reasons following too free, or will give offense to the House, which I would be sorry to be thought capable of intending. ↗

— Christopher Gadsden

#capable #carry #feelings #following #free