“There is greater clarity in the still waters of sadness, something not found in the babbling brooks of more sought after emotions.” — Shaun Hick Copy Share Image
“I ask, ‘Is the cup half-empty or half-full?’ And when I ask that question, I am amazed at how many people have… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Everyone was trying to forget something, but they could never seem to find the way to do it. All they ever seemed… — Chris Galford Copy Share Image
Patience is not just the avoidance of desperation, but the courage to wait for the best in the midst of serious desperations. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
Even in the inevitable moments when all seems hopeless, men know that without hope they cannot really live, and in agonizing desperation… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What makes a man desperate? .. an impossible dream, No .. an unreachable love, No .. losing his self respect, Sure YES. — Bishoy Boles Copy Share Image
Salvation now consists of a deep wrestling in our souls with the sinfulness of our hearts, the depth of our depravity, and… — David Platt Copy Share Image
I would still ask the government not to drive the people of India to desperation, or else there is no other course… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that actions are dark and destructive but… — Victor Salva Copy Share Image
“I am not a doctor,' I replied, 'I only help those who come to me in desperation. When a man is brought… — Theresa Breslin Copy Share Image
I feel a desperation to make people see what we are doing to the environment, what a mess we are making of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Lies are just another kind of storytelling, but with the very distinct and enlivening motive of desperation. Since writers are by nature… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
“We sensible often resist intrusive love and its chaos practically, employing measures to prevent the former for fear of the latter. But… — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
I'd learned how to lie and manipulate from an early age so a combination of that, desperation, having to have my own… — Tom Hardy Copy Share Image
Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully that he… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“I’d understood his need for this act – I’d been in the same position myself the first time my men had made… — Sloane Kennedy Copy Share Image
I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines. Nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation. — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
“The habit of misery had twisted these people, driving them to this paranoia. What had been diligence turned to desperation.” — Duong Thu Huong Copy Share Image
Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“Marena looked at all of them out of her big, calm, shining eyes. "Love is no nonsense," she said. "It has to… — Felix Salten Copy Share Image
Many of us have felt that sense of desperation - of urgency - when we learn that we or someone we love… — Ron Johnson Copy Share Image
'Beyond Glory' is responsible for this wave that I've been fortunate enough to ride for the last few years. And that I… — Stephen Lang Copy Share Image
“I did the only thing I knew how to do: I built my own walls of silence to disguise my desperation and… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
But I'm not here just to make records and money. I'm here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
“...There's a difference between desire and desperation. You should never want a guy more than he wants you.” — Dream Jordan Copy Share Image
Let me do my work each day, and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength… — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
“When there is silence, Give your voice. When there is darkness, Shine your light. When there is desperation, Offer hope.” — Tim Fargo Copy Share Image
It's true - women want the fantasy. So give them romance - but without the desperation, wondering, and waiting you see in… — Nadine Velazquez Copy Share Image
Gazing at the typewriter in moments of desperation I console myself with three thoughts. Alcohol at six, dinner at eight, and to… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
I have ne'er been in a chamber with a lawyer when I did not wish either to scream with desperation or else… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I felt a constant, low-flying desperation, the kind you feel when you are trying, trying, trying to get something you will never,… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“Desperate and dammed persons share an affinity for flirting with danger; an infectious case of erotic morbidity fetters them to self-destruction.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Be moral. Be brave. Be a heart-whole man, strictly moral, brave unto desperation. Don't bother your head with religious theories. Cowards only… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I want to know why I read as a child with such a frantic appetite, why I sucked the words off the… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
Don't do this to us." He warned, his voice hoarse with angry desperation as he realize he was losing her. "You're letting… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
“My stomach lurched. I glanced with desperation at Jennifer, but she couldn’t help me. She’d already passed out. Great. She left me… — Joanna Mazurkiewicz Copy Share Image
“The "more" of Christianity is a myth; a deceitful illusion designed to keep you busy and running in circles, always seeking but… — D.R. Silva Copy Share Image
“Bosch had never liked Las Vegas, though he came often on cases. It shared a kinship with Los Angeles; both were places… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
