--- title: "8 Despair Think Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Despair Think quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Despair Think sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/lisa-gardner-7497_despair_you-try-as-a-parent-you-love-beyond-reas_33258.jpg" --- > [You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-gardner/you-try-as-a-parent-you-love-beyond-reason-you-fight-beyond-endurance/) [Lisa Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-gardner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/lisa-gardner-7497_despair_you-try-as-a-parent-you-love-beyond-reas_33258.jpg) > [Depression Sadness grips my body, Wrapped in a blanket of despair, Can't see to think clearly and frankly I don't care, Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/depression-sadness-grips-my-body-wrapped-in-a-blanket-of-despair-can/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/anonymous-1_depression_depression-sadness-grips-my-body-wrapped_94357.jpg) > [People say you make your best work when in despair, but I think happiness is a good place to write from](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/people-say-you-make-your-best-work-when-in-despair-but-i-think/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/paul-weller-2405_best-work_people-say-you-make-your-best-work-when_1125709.png) > [I think a good novel can be a doorstop to despair. I also think the real bravery comes with those who prepared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colum-mccann/i-think-a-good-novel-can-be-a-doorstop-to-despair-i-also-think-the/) [Colum McCann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colum-mccann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/colum-mccann-902_books_i-think-a-good-novel-can-be-a-doorstop-t_1364887.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/max-lucado-190_despair_it-s-one-thing-to-be-discouraged-it-s-an_1532252.jpg) > [In life when we feel we have reached a limit, that is when the true battle begins. Just when you despair and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisaku-ikeda/in-life-when-we-feel-we-have-reached-a-limit-that-is-when-the-true/) [Daisaku Ikeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daisaku-ikeda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/daisaku-ikeda-1472_apathetic_in-life-when-we-feel-we-have-reached-a-l_1719420.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-wolfe/many-people-on-our-planet-right-now-despair-they-think-we-ve-reached/) [Nathan Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/nathan-wolfe-23342_despair_many-people-on-our-planet-right-now-desp_2705830.png) > [When you think of what you are, and despair; think also of what He is, and take heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/when-you-think-of-what-you-are-and-despair-think-also-of-what-he-is/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/charles-spurgeon-82_despair_when-you-think-of-what-you-are-and-despa_2752708.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/despair-think/#itemlist", "name": "Despair Think Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You try as a parent. 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