Despair Quotes · Page 34

There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death.

— Agathon

It is better to pursue a hopeless hope than to give in to black despair.

— Isobelle Carmody

Give me your love. Give me your pain. This is battle and I'm fighting to stay sane.

— Marly

For many in our high-paced world, despair is not a moment; it is a way of life.

— Ravi Zacharias

“Looking on the bright side of life is better than looking on the dark side of despair.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“There can be no more beautiful spot to die in, no spot more worthy of total despair, than one’s own novel.”

— Franz Kafka

“The moment despair is alone, pure, sure of itself, pitiless in its consequences, it has a merciless power. Albert Camus”

— Alistair Horne

There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.

— John Bunyan

“Despair filled his skull even more tightly than his own brain. All around him cars filled with normal people perfectly unaware of…

— Scott Sigler

Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is…

— John Ortberg

“People seem to believe that despair is the same as anguish, but it is not. It's true that despair is surrounded by…

— Elizabeth Kostova

When Reason Breaks is infused with a rare blend of suspense and sensitivity, despair and hope. The poetic spirit of Emily Dickinson…

— Margarita Engle

And the wind will whip your tousled hair, The sun, the rain, the sweet despair, Great tales of love and strife. And…

— Harry Chapin

It is necessary to understand that Black Power is a cry of disappointment. The Black Power slogan did not spring full grown…

— Martin Luther

I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical.…

— Harry Nilsson

The turn from this end [despair] to a new beginning came from three things. A blooming cherry tree, the unexpected kindness of…

— Jürgen Moltmann

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old…

— Douglas MacArthur

“When hope crashes, almost immediately, a future smashes into smithereens- into a thousand broken mirror pieces, while you're left with your pallid,…

— Kirthi Jayakumar

“For some reason, the despair that's welling up in me is transforming into white-hot rage. I feel it working its way up…

— Michelle Figley

I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being…

— Roger Ross Williams

“The soul is a divider of hearts, a subtle harp its love forsakes the drunkards and debauchees love forgets nothing, but nothing…

— Jeremy Limn

Remember, thou canst be brought into no condition, be it ever so severe, where Love has not been before thee and where…

— Mary Baker Eddy

If democracy is ever to be threatened, it will not be by revolutionary groups burning government offices and occupying the broadcasting and…

— Tony Benn

The body, the mind, and the spirit don't form a pyramid, they form a circle. Each of them runs into the other…

— Jane Smiley

This city runs fast, no one has time to sit with themselves, No time to look into our pain or see the…

— Eyedea

Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair-or the height of a battle against boredom.

— Anonymous

The law is for the self-righteous, to humble their pride: the gospel is for the lost, to remove their despair

— Anonymous

“He sank to his knees, absolutely full of despair and sadness. For a long time, droplets of blood continued to fall into…

— Phillip W. Simpson

“A few minutes later, my eyes began to feel a bit droopy, but I vaguely noticed that Anissa was whispering something.”

— Zack Love

Theatre is poetry that rises from the book and becomes human enough to talk and shout, weep and despair

— Federico Garcia Lorca

“It doesn’t matter whether you are looking for a reason to be happy or sad, you will always find it.”

— Kamand Kojouri

Optimism is the last resort of those in deep despair. There can't be any optimists in heaven.

— Alice Thomas Ellis

Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.

— Louie Giglio

Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair.

— Jeremy Collier

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

— Alexandre Dumas

“Keep busy. The worried person must lose himself in action, lest he wither in despair.”

— Dale Carnegie

Affection makes fools. Always, without exception, love digs a channel that's sooner or later flooded by the briny water of despair.

— Sonya Hartnett

The piano is always true to me. In times of despair, happiness, and joy, its mood is always my own.

— Bradley Joseph

Never give in, never surrender, Never allow despair to overcome your spirit.

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Humility provides everyone, even him who despairs in solitude, with the strongest relationship to his fellow man.

— Franz Kafka