“Discouragement is like a scorpion in your shoe; it takes courage to toss it out so you can move on.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
And when the hourglass has run out, the hourglass of temporality, when the noise of secular life has grown silent and its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Liquor and love rescue the cloudy sense banish its despair give it a home. — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
To all who suffer- to all who feel discouraged, worried, or lonely- I say with love and deep concern for you, never… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
There is a legend of an artist who long sought for a piece of sandalwood, out of which to carve a Madonna.… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
We who run in the way of Love must never torment ourselves about anything. If I did not suffer minute by minute,… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
The wise maketh every thing the means of advantage; and with the same countenance beholdeth he all the faces of fortune: he… — Robert Dodsley Copy Share Image
The law is for the self-righteous, to humble their pride: the gospel is for the lost, to remove their despair — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had come at last and my heart was beating again strongly to a heart that could not know despair because it… — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“The victory over our inner self is a daily struggle. Be strong and do not give up.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs. These things alter an artist… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
To understand is nothing, but to be understood-that is the problem and the source of anguish. The soul throbs and would have… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“I write, and I feel how the correct and precise use of words is sometimes like a remedy to an illness. Like… — David Grossman Copy Share Image
Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Powerlessness is an excruciating pain; it is torture insurmountable.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Coming out of the trance of denial is painful. But crises offer us opportunities to rethink our lives. The best thing about… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
I think a good novel can be a doorstop to despair. I also think the real bravery comes with those who prepared… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey,… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
It is not enough to tackle the mechanics of terror organizations. We must also tackle the situations that create terrorists. We desperately… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
People without hope not only don’t write novels, but what is more to the point, they don’t read them. They don’t take… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Our greatest indulgence towards a man springs from our despair of him. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
