Famous sayings about giving up:

1. since heaven gave the talent, let it be employed!, spin a thousand pieces of silver, all of them come back!.

Author: Li Bai

Source: "Coming into Wine"

Meaning: It means that when I was born in heaven, I must be needed. When the money is used up, these scattered things will still come back later.

2. If you want to take it, you must give it first.

Author: Laozi

Source: Laozi

Meaning: If you want to win something, you have to give something for the time being. It means paying the price first to induce the other party to relax their vigilance, and then looking for an opportunity to seize it.

3. Remember, always give more to others happily and take less from others.

Author: Gorky

Source: "Gorky Quotations"

Meaning: You have to be willing to give, willing to give some small aspects, in order to gain more happiness.

4. A letter from a thousand miles away is only a wall, so why not let it go three feet? The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I don't see Qin Shihuang.

Author: Zhang Ying

Source: Letter from Home

Meaning: Writing a letter thousands of miles away is just for a wall, so what can he do? The Great Wall of Wan Li is still here today, but the first Qin Emperor who ordered the construction of the Great Wall is long gone.

5. Life, what I want, is just and what I want. You can't have both, so give up life and take justice.

Author: Mencius

Source: Mencius

Meaning: Life is what I want, and morality is what I want. (If) these two things cannot be obtained at the same time, I will resolutely give up life and choose morality.