There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow.

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without…

— Samuel Johnson

You are not useless. You are not hopeless. And no matter how scared you are, you will never be alone. And deep down, somewhere,…

— Ella Ceron

Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays…

— Hesiod

There are some works which the authors must consign unpublished to posterity, however uncertain be the event, however hopeless be the trust. He that…

— Samuel Johnson

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

— Samuel Johnson

Attack anything that makes you feel unworthy, inadequate, hopeless, powerless and useless. That is the evidence of the enemy. All those things need to…

— Graham Cooke

Without you in my life am just someone useless, meanless and hopeless. I love you my life

— Anonymous

No knowledge is useless, with the exception of heraldry.

— Samuel Johnson

Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our…

— Samuel Johnson

Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.

— Samuel Johnson

He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes, and endeavour…

— Samuel Johnson

The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendour cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate; those soft intervals of…

— Samuel Johnson

Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your…

— Amy Tan

Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.

— Samuel Johnson

The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.

— Samuel Johnson