Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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4601. Like Birds of a Feather
Illustration
Charles Swindoll
Stately geese are quite impressive. Winging their way to a warmer climate, they often cover thousands of miles before reaching their destination. Have you ever studied why they fly as they do? It is fascinating to read what has been discovered about their flight pattern as well as their in-flight habits. Four come ...
4602. God's Living House
Illustration
C.S. Lewis
... . You knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is he up to? The explanation is that he is building quite a different house from the one you thought of throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage, but he is building a palace. He intends to ...
4603. Time to Leave the Nest
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... lines the nest with a thick padding of wool, feathers, and fur from animals she has killed, making it soft and comfortable for the eggs. By the time the growing birds reach flying age, the comfort of the nest and the luxury of free meals make them quite reluctant to leave. That's when the mother eagle begins "stirring up the nest." With her strong talons she begins pulling up the thick carpet of fur and feathers, bringing the sharp rocks and branches to the surface. As more of the bedding gets plucked up ...
4604. The Firm Foundation of Despair
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... all the noonday brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand. Only within the scaffolding of these truths, only on the firm foundation of unyielding despair, can the soul's habitation henceforth be safely built...Brief and ...
4605. Playing for Dad
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... an awful lot to me. I want to start the game against Fordham. I think that's what my father would have liked most." Little hesitated a moment, then said: "Okay, son, you'll start, but you'll only be in there for a play or two. You aren't quite good enough and you know it." The boy started the game and played so well Little never took him out. His play inspired the team to victory. Back in the locker room Coach Little embraced the young man and said: "Son, you were terrific. You never played that way before ...
4606. Diagnosis Old Age
Illustration
Staff
Thought I'd let my doctor check me Cause I didn't feel quite right All those aches and pains annoyed me And I couldn't get to sleep at night. He could find no real disorder But he couldn't let me rest What with Medicare and Blue Cross It wouldn't hurt to do some tests. To the hospital he sent me ...
4607. Little Pills Where Goeth Thou?
Illustration
Ester Stout
... gray and brown pills for relief from head-aches and gout, Diabetes, ulcers and heartburn, sure hope each pill knows the right route. What a terrible mess up there could be if your headache pill went to your toe, And the laxative pill traveled upward 'cause it wasn't quite sure where to go. If this should ever happen to you, you'd either laugh or you'd weep. 'Cause you'd probably run off at the mouth and your feet would be falling asleep. How in the world could you stop the dilemma unless you stood on your ...
4608. Wayward Spouses
Illustration
Staff
... akin to the new CEO of a major company visiting his parents, only to find they still see him as the baby of the family." An affair is arguably the most shocking blow to a marriage. Yet study after study finds that wayward spouses are quite happy with their love life at home, both the quantity and quality as happy, in fact, as their faithful counterparts. Psychologists are divided about the ramifications of an affair. "I liken an affair to the shattering of a Waterford crystal vase," says Gootman. "You can ...
4609. How Much Is That Preacher?
Illustration
Jean Shaw
... experience. Good preacher and teacher. Balanced personality. Serious, but with a sense of humor. Efficient, but not rigid. Good health. Able to identify with all age groups. And, if possible, sings tenor. Sings tenor? We're short of tenors in the choir. I see. Well, that's quite a list. How much money did you want to spend? The committee says $22,000. $24,500 tops. Hmmm. Well, perhaps we'd better start in the bargain basement. Tell me, how much is that model in the window? You mean the one in the Pendleton ...
4610. Old Scrap Iron
Illustration
Jon Johnston
... any challenge. Batters often missed the ball and caught his shin. Their foul tips nipped his elbow. Runners fiercely plowed into him, spikes first, as he defended home plate. Though often doubled over in agony, and flattened in a heap of dust, Clint Courtney never quit. Invariably, he'd slowly get up, shake off the dust, punch the pocket of his mitt once, twice, and nod to his pitcher to throw another one. The game would go on and Courtney with it scarred, bruised, clutching his arm in pain, but determined ...
4611. Concert Chopsticks
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... there!" When Paderewski heard the uproar backstage, he grabbed his coat and rushed over behind the boy. Reaching around him from behind, the master began to improvise a countermelody to "Chopsticks." As the two of them played together, Paderewski kept whispering in the boy's ear, "Keep going. Don't quit, son...don't stop...don't stop."
4612. A Letter Home
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Dear Mom and Dad, Just thought I'd drop you a note to clue you in on my plans. I've fallen in love with a guy called Jim. He quit high school after grade eleven to get married. About a year ago he got a divorce. We've been going steady for two months and plan to get married in the fall. Until then, I've decided to move into his apartment (I think I might be pregnant). At any ...
4613. A Balanced Approach
Illustration
Staff
... . In spite of a massive, ongoing campaign on the hazards of cigarette smoking, millions continue to light up. Health experts might be more successful if they acknowledged the pleasurable aspects of smoking. Then once they had a smoker's attention, they could let loose on why it's time to quit.
4614. Chisholm's Laws of Frustration
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Staff
... , will be judged otherwise by others. Corollary 1: If you explain so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will. Corollary 2: If you do something which you are sure will meet with everybody's approval, somebody won't like it. Corollary 3: Procedures devised to implement the purpose won't quite work. Corollary 4: No matter how long or how many times you explain, no one is listening.
4615. The Witnessing Hitchhiker
Illustration
J. Kirk Johnston
... . He ran toward the car, tossed his suitcase in the back, and thanked the handsome, well-dressed man as he slid into the front seat. "Going home for keeps?" "Sure am," Roger responded. "Well, you're in luck if you're going to Chicago." "Not quite that far. Do you live in Chicago?" "I have a business there. My name is Hanover." After talking about many things, Roger, a Christian, felt a compulsion to witness to this fifty-ish, apparently successful businessman about Christ. But he kept putting it off, till ...
4616. Negative Repeats
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Dr. Clarence Bass, professor emeritus at Bethel Theological Seminary, early in his ministry preached in a church in Los Angeles. He thought he had done quite well as he stood at the door greeting people as they left the sanctuary. The remarks about his preaching were complimentary. That is, until a little old man commented, "You preached too long." Dr. Bass wasn't fazed by the remark, especially in light of the many positive comments. "You ...
4617. What's the Saying?
Illustration
Staff
... of Italy was constructed over a long period of time. There comes a time when your canine friend is through matriculating. If you're going to give advice to others, be sure you follow it yourself. Just because you aren't punctual doesn't mean you should quit. If you never try to do anything, you'll never get anything done. It doesn't take long for a person without good sense to be separated from his financial assets! Answers: A stitch in time saves nine. Too many cooks spoil the broth. All that glitters ...
4618. Copper Nails Conscience
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H.A. Ironside
... I should acknowledge it to him, will ruin my testimony forever." He then went on to say that sometime ago he started to build a boat for himself in his own yard. In this work copper nails are used because they do not rust in the water. These nails are quite expensive and the young man had been carrying home quantities of them to use on the job. He knew it was stealing, but he tried to salve his conscience be telling himself that the master had so many he would never miss them and besides he was not being ...
4619. Hidden Messages
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Staff
In 1994 graffiti from the 1800s was discovered by workers renovating the Washington Monument. The graffiti has quite a different tone from the graffiti found today on the sides of buildings and subway cars. It reads: "Whoever is the human instrument under God in the conversion of one soul, erects a monument to his own memory more lofty and enduing (sic) than this," reads the inscription which can ...
4620. Know Who You Are
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The Scottish preacher John McNeill liked to tell about an eagle that had been captured when it was quite young. The farmer who snared the bird put a restraint on it so it couldn't fly, and then he turned it loose to roam in the barnyard. It wasn't long till the eagle began to act like the chickens, scratching and pecking at the ground. This bird that ...
4621. Out with the Old Rules
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Staff
This research is from the 80's but it's conclusions reach far into the 2020's: New Rules created quite a stir in the early '80s. In the book, professor Daniel Yankelovich of New York University documented a shift in social values in the '70s, a shift more massive and more rapid than any of the recent past. The book was subtitled, "Searching for Self-Fulfillment in a World Turned ...
4622. Don't Go Down That Road
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... you can't go through," said the policeman as he approached the car. "The bomb is likely to go off at any minute now." Then he caught sight of Adams's uniform. "I'm very sorry, sir," he said, "I didn't know you were a wing commander. It is quite all right for you to go through." With "advisors" like that, who needs enemies! Although that policeman who was trained to respect rank momentarily allowed his deference to a vice-marshal to overcome his good sense, Adams had better sense than to follow his advice.
4623. Reword the Question
Illustration
Roger van Oech
... Here are some examples: None other than Plato himself dictated that the circle was the perfect form for celestial movement, and for the next two thousand years, astronomers said that planetary orbits were circular even though their observations didn't quite jibe with that. Even Copernicus used circles in his heliocentric model of the universe. Only after much soul-searching did Kepler use the ellipse to describe the heavenly paths. Joseph Semmelweiss, the 19th century Hungarian physician, felt that doctors ...
4624. The Namless Last Student
Illustration
Staff
... room making sure that nobody cheated and that everyone was aware of how much time they had left before their failure on the test was complete, he had the students stack the completed tests on the huge podium at the front of the room. This made for quite a mess, remember there were 1000 students in the class. During this particular final, one guy entered the test needing a decent grade to pass the class. His only problem with Calculus was that he did poorly when rushed, and this guy standing in the front of ...
4625. The Alligator Gag
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... comedienne Gracie Allen once received a small, live alligator as a gag. Not knowing what to do with it, Gracie placed it in the bathtub and then left for an appointment. When she returned home, she found this note from her maid: "Dear Miss Allen: Sorry, but I have quit. I don't work in houses where there is an alligator. I'd have told you this when I took the job, but I never thought it would come up. Often life throws us unexpected curves. How you handle them will be dependent on the strength of your faith ...
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