What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters? They would only drive him to even greater despair. — Adelbert von Chamisso Copy Share Image
I'm English, and as such I crave disappointment. That's why I buy Kinder Surprise. Horrible chocolate; nasty little toy: a double-whammy of… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
When despair for the world grows in me... I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Oh, Cathy! Oh, my life! how can I bear it?" was the first sentence he uttered, in a tone that did not… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
So to be sick unto death is, not to be able to die-yet not as though there were hope of life; no,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My intimate knowledge of many central African tribes has everywhere convinced me of the necessity that the Negro does not respect treaties… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
“Hang on! God will be thy strength in any act of your pursuit.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
If the final decision for the salvation of fallen sinners were left in the hands of fallen sinners, we would despair all… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
In 1983, most Nicaraguans had still not fallen to the depths of deprivation and despair which they would reach in later years,… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I loved her enough to forget myself, my self pitying despairs, and be content that something she thought happy was going to… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“She turned and walked down the musty, dimly-lighted corridor, along a strip of carpeting that still clung together only out of sheer… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
Life is a tragedy filled with suffering and despair and yet some people do manage to avoid jury duty. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
It is important to recognize the power of our emotions-and to take responsibility for them by creating a light and positive atmosphere… — Tarthang Tulku Copy Share Image
In the belly of Leviathan ... one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
These really are our days, and we can prevail and overcome, even in the midst of trends that are very disturbing. If… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Hopelessness may be the saddest word in our language. Despair is the enemy of our souls. It can paralyze us, halt our… — Dwan J. Young Copy Share Image
We do not have the luxury of despair right now. There is too much at stake, for too many people. — Robert Jensen Copy Share Image
“There had come to him one of those moments of quiet despair that lie in wait for even the happiest. Stealthy-footed they… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
But the thing that stands eternally in the way of really good writing is always one: the virtual impossibility of lifting to… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
I grew up in a working class family where there was no health insurance. I saw first hand the fracturing of the… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
Any philosophy worth taking seriously would have to be built upon a firm foundation of unyielding despair. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Between the desire And the spasm, Between the potency And the existence, Between the essence And the descent, Falls the Shadow. This… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
