Resign
To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively.
To relinquish; to abandon.
To commit to the care of; to consign.
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Resign Quotations
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
Henri Frederic Amiel
If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race.
Fred Allen
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.
Richard M. Nixon
This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.
Jorge Luis Borges
I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.
David Bowie
Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
Donald Rumsfeld
If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week.
Moshe Dayan
He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him of life or liberty, if that should appear in any case to be indispensably necessary to prevent a greater evil.
William Godwin
But I think anybody who believes I could force coach Sloan to resign is crazy. He's stronger than that and personally if I said that to him, he'd probably go tell me to go do something.
Karl Malone
Resign Translations
resign in Dutch is neerleggen, bedanken, afstand doen
resign in Finnish is alistua
resign in Italian is farsi indietro
resign in Portuguese is renuncie
resign in Spanish is desistir, dimitir
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