Our greatest indulgence towards a man springs from our despair of him. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
I love you as one should, to excess. With folly, delight and despair. — Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse Copy Share Image
“Keep busy. The worried person must lose himself in action, lest he wither in despair.” — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
The piano is always true to me. In times of despair, happiness, and joy, its mood is always my own. — Bradley Joseph Copy Share Image
“Trust is an illusion meant to wrap one in a false sense of belief, in that moment of realization will despair ultimately… — Lolah Runda Copy Share Image
Crisis for others is a source of despair. For me, it's an opportunity to bring reform. I owe this country a debt… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
“Life—life—how cruel it is! Nothing but tears and sorrow and despair! Not a moment of happiness! Not a moment of joy.” — Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Copy Share Image
Only when it is a duty to love, only then is love eternally and happily secured against despair. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Love- what is love? A great and aching heart; Wrung hands; and silence; and a long despair — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
When you think of what you are, and despair; think also of what He is, and take heart. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Every once in a while I feel despair over the fate of the planet. If you've been following climate science, you know… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
If a man dies of cancer in fear and despair, then cry for his pain and celebrate his life. The other man,… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“Seek not equality with either white or any other nation open your eyes and see behind their pretended pleasure and power is… — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
I don't know where hell is ... another dimension, perhaps, or another plane of reality. As for getting there ... it's a… — Alan Grant Copy Share Image
I treated despair in terms of hierarchy: if there was a more important pain in the world, it meant my own was… — Lucy Grealy Copy Share Image
The middle way is a view of life that avoids the extreme of misguided grasping born of believing there is something we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Tortured Soul 101: The depth of despair one experiences during the creative process (as experienced say, in an abysmally blank page or… — F.T. McKinstry Copy Share Image
Journey through the Power of the Rainbow represents a condensed compendium of literary efforts from a life dedicated to transforming the themes… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“I think it's strange - so alike and yet so different! We are capable of working together, of building the Pyramids of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You have choice. You can select joy over despair. You can select happiness over tears. You can select action over apathy. You… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
We who are privileged to be in these chambers today can view the challenges we face as opportunities, not as reasons for… — Tom McCall Copy Share Image
“The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
We took tea, by Boswell's desire; and I eat one bun, I think, that I might not be seen to fast ostentatiously.… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Remember that every guilty compliance with the humors of the world, every sinful indulgence of our own passions, is laying up cares… — Reginald Heber Copy Share Image
Isn't that what growing up is all about - learning to outlast despair? — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something. — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
