In my heart I know you didn't come here just for me, you came here because you believe in what this country… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
An extensive empire must be supported by a refined system of policy and oppression; in the centre, an absolute power, prompt in… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If we cannot sing of faith and triumph, we will sing our despair. We will be that kind of bird. There are… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
...one cannot but wonder how an environment can make people despair and sit idle and then, by changing the conditions, one can… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Unhappy people do the oddest, most terrible things, just trying to keep despair at bay. All you have to do is accept… — Geraldine McCaughrean Copy Share Image
While one might laugh at the meaningless boredom of people a decade or two ago, the emptiness has for many now moved… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Anyone who refuses the love of a child deserves nothing but evil as terrible as the heart you have blackened. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The auspices for philosophy are bad if, when proceeding ostensibly on the investigation of truth, we start saying farewell to all uprightness,… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“...stooping very low, He engraves with care His Name, indelible, upon our dust; And from the ashes of our self-despair, Kindles a… — Patricia St. John Copy Share Image
When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives. — Abbe Pierre Copy Share Image
Enough of dreams! No longer mock The burdened hearts of men! Not on the cloud, but on the rock Build thou thy… — Alfred Noyes Copy Share Image
Many people on our planet right now despair; they think we've reached a point where we've discovered most of the things. I'm… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share Image
When young lips have drunk deep of the bitter waters of hate, suspicion and despair, all the love in the world will… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Because I wake up late, my day is often short. I'm much more active in the evenings, during which I alternately read,… — Cate Marvin Copy Share Image
I took to writing at an early age to escape from meaninglessness, uselessness, unimportance, insignificance, poverty, enslavement, ill health, despair, madness, and… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The universe, which is not merely the stars and the moon and the planets, flowers, grass and trees, but other people, has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If in doubt, worry or despair connect with the God light within you, the only barrier to God's wisdom is a lack… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man who owes a little can clear it off in a very little time, and, if he is a prudent man,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“But I stayed up thinking about how I've been lying to him, no less than I lie to myself in my pre-sleep… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
Despair ... is like a gas, odourless, tasteless, without nourishment. You breathe it in, your limbs relax, you cease to care, even… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make… — Bono Copy Share Image
A hero is born out of the ashes of despair, anyone can be a hero, it takes courage to stand up for… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
