I find that the respectable man, so called, has immediately drifted from his position, and despairs of his country, when his country… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
One will hope they will never have one of those moments, but of course, hope is a fruitless thing. You hope for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is so easy to get sucked into the if-only game, and playing it is a short and slippery slide into despair. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You have the choice. You can choose joy over despair, happiness over tears, action over apathy, growth over stagnation. — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
I was a late developer. For years, I was searching. I was a lost soul something your parents despair of and your… — Roddy Llewellyn Copy Share Image
People say you make your best work when in despair, but I think happiness is a good place to write from — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
It was not despair, but it seemed to her as if life were passing by, leaving its promises broken and unfulfilled. Yet… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
You have many choices. You can choose forgiveness over revenge, joy over despair. You can choose action over apathy..- Stephanie Marston Letting… — Kevin Heath Copy Share Image
“The lead-up to the moment was magical in every respect, but a part of me was, and still is, uneasy about the… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor… — Celia Johnson Copy Share Image
Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to… — Arthur Henderson Copy Share Image
“But she knew, though very vaguely, that she was crying, because hope hurts terribly when it breaks through the resignation in which… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
Use gentle methods to get whatever good you can from priests and monks who are slaves, as well as from merchants and… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the only real antidote to the world's despair. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps. — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
Myth was regarded as primary; it was concerned with what was thought to be timeless and constant in our existence. Myth looked… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
The way a source strains toward the light, toward the air. Its laboring work, its effort, its black passageways like despair. That’s… — Anna Kamienska Copy Share Image