The correct way is not always the straight one A few days ago one of my friends wrote the following: To give up in the beginning of the way is weakness. To give up in the middle of the way is stupidity. Thereby, either don't start the way or continue till the end. I answered nothing. I don't like when people rigidly define something nontrivial. Regarding to the phrase, what if somebody gives up in the middle of the way because he has realized that it was wrong? Is it stupidity? Or what about giving up in the end? Sometimes someone with a great stubbornness dashes against the rock, steps on the same rake twice like a fly, that is hitting itself on the pane near by the window leaf, instead of looking for another entrance, exit, way to reach the goal. Does it make any sense such persistence? The correct way is not always the straight way. It requires brainwork, analysis, and correction depending on changing conditions. So, giving up is not weakness or stupidity, but a decision, somebody's correct way.