When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing. — Raymond Williams Copy Share Image
“The danger of prolonged despair is its tendency to cloud the gift of a new beginning that every tomorrow offers. --Anissa's Redemption” — Zack Love Copy Share Image
I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I repeat it with intense conviction. — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like to gamble. I'd rather win big and lose as well then cling on abjectly and live at the mercy of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When despair looms over, keep expectations alive, expectation rediscovers hope. — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
Be not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Don't worry too much about how spiritually poor you are. God sees that, but for you it is expected to trust in… — Seraphim Rose Copy Share Image
We are not, however, a species that can choose the baggage with which we must travel. In spite of our best intentions,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times.… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
“Despair filled his skull even more tightly than his own brain. All around him cars filled with normal people perfectly unaware of… — Scott Sigler Copy Share Image
Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
When Reason Breaks is infused with a rare blend of suspense and sensitivity, despair and hope. The poetic spirit of Emily Dickinson… — Margarita Engle Copy Share Image
“People seem to believe that despair is the same as anguish, but it is not. It's true that despair is surrounded by… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
It is necessary to understand that Black Power is a cry of disappointment. The Black Power slogan did not spring full grown… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Her body faded away so far, she almost lost her connection to it. Utter blackness enveloped her, shutting off all warmth. All… — Candace L. Talmadge Copy Share Image
When I find that so much of my life has stolen unprofitably away, and that I can descry by retrospection scarcely a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
To commit herself to becoming "an apostle of Joy" when humanly speaking she might have felt at the brink of despair, was… — Brian Kolodiejchuk Copy Share Image
To despair over one's sins indicates that sin has become or wants to be internally consistent. It wants nothing to do with… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Times moves differently down here in the dark. With no sunlight or shadows. No weather at all. There's no future, no right… — Scott Snyder Copy Share Image
Do we get what we want? Yes, we get what we want. God is that loving. If we want isolation, despair, and… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Space is still filled with the noise of destruction and annihilation, the shouts of self-assurance and arrogance, the weeping of despair and… — Alfred Delp Copy Share Image
From the girl who sat before me now...surged a fresh and physical life force. She was like a small animal that has… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
There is no creature loves me; And if I die, no soul will pity me. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image