Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair? Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven? Can vice… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
How rarely do our emotions meet the object they seem to deserve? How hopelessly we signal; how dark the sky; how big… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Two ideas militate against our consciously contributing to a better world. The idea that we can do everything or the conclusion that… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
Despair is despair, sorrow is sorrow, death is death. It's not about who is experiencing it; it's about building a bridge of… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
“In addition to my new outlook on life, in some absurdly simple way, Anissa gave me several new reasons to live. Above… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
Oh, we are but soft and squishy bags of mortality rolling in a bin of sharp circumstance, leaking life until we collapse,… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Conservatism is pessimistic, with a negative tendency - which we mostly resist - towards despair. Liberals are optimists, with a negative tendency,… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
I am gone into the fields To take what this sweet hour yields; Reflection, you may come to-morrow, Sit by the fireside… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to wither; but we know that May is one day to have its… — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
“Jonathan’s arm jerked to the side in clumsy reaction, tipping over the bottle of ink that sat on the desk beside his… — Sondra Allan Carr Copy Share Image
Anyone who deals with the climate crisis has an internal dialogue between hope and despair, because the challenge is so huge and… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“From early childhood he had experienced the wish to die, to commit suicide, as they say, but never was totally concentrated. He… — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
If falling into desperation worked to make things better, then I would say, 'Let's all jump into despair.' But it doesn't help.… — Yehuda Berg Copy Share Image
There are moments that define a person's whole life. Moments in which everything they are and everything they may possibly become balance… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
“War is hell, but that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
As in an icicle the agnostic abides alone. The vital principle is taken out of all endeavor for improving himself or bettering… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
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… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
The gospel teaches us to be happy, to have faith rather than fear, to find hope and overcome despair, to leave darkness… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
I believe I could commit a crime. We all can. It depends on which situations we find ourselves in. In despair, I… — Karin Fossum Copy Share Image
There is a hint of despair in the cry of 'I told you so,' an element of disappointment in the apparent satisfaction… — Alice Thomas Ellis Copy Share Image
“If war is the health of the state, despair is the health of religion. Until African workers and peasants find belief systems… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not doing is not about immobility or giving up in despair. It is first and foremost about being able to be with,… — Oriah Dreamer Copy Share Image
Men, however, shouldn't despair. They are excellent at identifying and imitating animal sounds, which would have been a significant advantage for the… — Barbara Pease Copy Share Image
If the time comes when our culture tires of the endless homicidal feuds, despairs of the use of force and war as… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
“Me? You are laughing at me. Put your hand here. This has no theology.' I mocked myself while I made love. I… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
When facing terrorism, especially in the wake of awful events, there is a tendency to despair, to see in the battle a… — Rich Cohen Copy Share Image
We need tremendous energy to bring about a psychological change in ourselves as human beings, because we have lived far too long… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Our life is always deeper than we know, is always more divine than it seems, and hence we are able to survive… — William James Copy Share Image
Those who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in… — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
If sub specie aeternitatis there is no reason to believe that anything matters, then that does not matter either, and we can… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
For members of the Democratic Party, and progressives all over the world, it is difficult to overstate or hyperbolize the despair and… — Fabrizio Moreira Copy Share Image
One of the best safeguards of our hopes, I have suggested, is to be able to mark off the areas of hopelessness… — William F. Lynch Copy Share Image
It's easy to lose sight of God when life is sweet and easy, but there is something awesome about despair, and it… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
It is a great truth, " God reigns," and therefore grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord;… — Ichabod Spencer Copy Share Image
We've all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because it's not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there… — Emmanuelle Beart Copy Share Image
~Everyone doesn't want to lose what they hold dear, but once they do; they break. Even we don't want to, it will… — Vince Copy Share Image
No one seems to realize how much we are driven by FEAR, the essential component of human personality. Everything else - from… — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
“if you have 100 locked doors having passed fifty of them despair can make you go back through 50 hope can make… — Tarek Samy Copy Share Image
![“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 this [suffering]. There's no solution for this. Despair is when you think that your suffering has no purpose, and your suffering has no end.” quote by Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/max-lucado-190_despair_it-s-one-thing-to-be-discouraged-it-s-an_1532252.jpg)
