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title: "24 Despair Despair Quotes by 22 authors"
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> [It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-not-despair-for-despair-is-only-for-those-who-see-the-end-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Either Conquer Your Despair Or Your Despair Will Conquer You!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-pina/either-conquer-your-despair-or-your-despair-will-conquer-you/)

[Timothy Pina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-pina/)

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> [I shall despair when I despair of myself, of God and humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-shall-despair-when-i-despair-of-myself-of-god-and-humanity/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-swofford/my-despair-is-less-despair-than-boredom-and-loneliness/)

[Anthony Swofford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-swofford/)

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> [The opposite of hope is despair, and when we despair, it is because we feel there are no choices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-g-bennis/the-opposite-of-hope-is-despair-and-when-we-despair-it-is-because-we/)

[Warren G. Bennis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-g-bennis/)

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> [Goals incapable of attainment have driven many a man to despair, but despair is easier to get to than that -- one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-barthelme/goals-incapable-of-attainment-have-driven-many-a-man-to-despair-but/)

[Donald Barthelme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-barthelme/)

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> [“I wonder if it is possible to escape the clinches of despair; or would despair become the hunter and reclaim me as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-b-brewer/i-wonder-if-it-is-possible-to-escape-the-clinches-of-despair-or-would/)

[Nancy B. Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-b-brewer/)

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> [Despair is despair, sorrow is sorrow, death is death. It's not about who is experiencing it; it's about building a bridge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/okieriete-onaodowan/despair-is-despair-sorrow-is-sorrow-death-is-death-it-s-not-about-who/)

[Okieriete Onaodowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/okieriete-onaodowan/)

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> [“they no longer had any hope, but they had despair. Despair is a last weapon that sometimes brings victory; Virgil said so.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/they-no-longer-had-any-hope-but-they-had-despair-despair-is-a-last/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [Melancholy and sadness are the start of doubt... doubt is the beginning of despair; despair is the cruel beginning of the differing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/melancholy-and-sadness-are-the-start-of-doubt-doubt-is-the-beginning/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/don-t-despair-despair-suggests-you-are-in-total-control-and-know-what/)

[Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/)

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> [Marriage...we cannot do without it, and yet we disgrace and vilify the same. It may be compared to a cage, the birds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/marriage-we-cannot-do-without-it-and-yet-we-disgrace-and-vilify-the/)

[Michel De Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

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> [“She hadn’t thought anything could squeeze past the pain in her head, the ache in her stomach, the sizzle of shame in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/she-hadn-t-thought-anything-could-squeeze-past-the-pain-in-her-head/)

[Nora Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-roberts/)

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> [“Despair, or folly?’ said Gandalf. ‘It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/despair-or-folly-said-gandalf-it-is-not-despair-for-despair-is-only/)

[J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/)

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> [“We human beings glimpse lofty ideals, catch ourselves betraying them, and sink to suicidal despair--despair from which only the love of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gardner/we-human-beings-glimpse-lofty-ideals-catch-ourselves-betraying-them/)

[John Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gardner/)

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> [Doubt is thought's despair; despair is personality's doubt. . . . Doubt and despair . . . belong to completely different spheres;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/doubt-is-thought-s-despair-despair-is-personality-s-doubt-doubt-and/)

[Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/)

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> [It's one thing to be discouraged. It's another thing to have despair. Despair is when you think there's just no end to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/it-s-one-thing-to-be-discouraged-it-s-another-thing-to-have-despair/)

[Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/)

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> [To face the realities of our lives is not a reason for despair-despair is a tool of your enemies. Facing the realities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/to-face-the-realities-of-our-lives-is-not-a-reason-for-despair/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/it-is-not-despair-for-despair-is-only-for-those-who-see-the-end/)

[J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/)

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> [If there's more that you can do, then do it. If there's not more that you can do, then be content with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/if-there-s-more-that-you-can-do-then-do-it-if-there-s-not-more-that/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

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> [ An individual in despair despairs over something. . . . In despairing over something, he really despair\[s\] over himself, and now he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/an-individual-in-despair-despairs-over-something-in-despairing-over/)

[Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/)

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> [He thought that it was loneliness which he was trying to escape and not himself. But the street ran on: catlike, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/he-thought-that-it-was-loneliness-which-he-was-trying-to-escape-and/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [“I sometimes have moments of such despair, such despair … Because in those moments I start to think that I will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/i-sometimes-have-moments-of-such-despair-such-despair-because-in/)

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/)

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> [The pleasure of despair. But then, it is in despair that we find the most acute pleasure, especially when we are aware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/the-pleasure-of-despair-but-then-it-is-in-despair-that-we-find-the/)

[Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/)

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