LeBron James

My father wasn't around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, 'Why me? Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, 'I don't know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?

American Basketball Player

Maya Angelou

I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'm finished. Bye.' And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that.

American Poet

Erma Bombeck

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

American Journalist

Will Rogers

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

American Actor

C. S. Lewis

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.

British Writer

Colin Powell

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

American Statesman

James Baldwin

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.

American Novelist

Ernest Hemingway

The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.

Vince Lombardi

I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.

American Coach

Charlie Chaplin

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

English Actor

 'Leave' often implies emotional significance when departing from a place or person.

Emotional Impact

Use 'leave' to suggest a long-term or permanent departure.

Permanent Departure

'Leave' can mean intentionally not taking something or someone with you.

Intentional Action

When leaving something behind, it often implies you plan to return for it.

Implication of Return

'Leave' sometimes indicates unintentionally forgetting something somewhere.

Accidental Forgetting

The realization of leaving something may come right after departing.

Immediate Realization

 'Leave' suggests passing duties to someone else, either by choice or necessity.

Shifting Responsibility

As a noun, 'leave' means an authorized absence from duty or work.

Scheduled Absence

'Leave' entails stopping an activity or not starting it at all.

Cease Interaction

'Leave' can express maintaining the current state or condition of something.

State Preservation

'Leave' can refer to passing on possessions or legacy after death.

Lasting Legacy

'Leave' is formal when talking about bequeathing assets in a will.

Testamentary Gift

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