“There was, however, a difference between his mood and that of the rest of the cabinet. They felt desperate; he felt challenged.” — William Raymond Manchester Copy Share Image
Not everyone knows how to be alone with others, how to share solitude. We have to help each other to understand how… — David Spangler Copy Share Image
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“It was wrong to be so joyless, so desponding; I should have made God my friend, and to do His will the… — Anne Brontë Copy Share Image
Every accountable child of God needs to set goals, short- and long-range goals. A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
In the lottery of life there are more prizes drawn than blanks, and to one misfortune there are fifty advantages. Despondency is… — Thomas De Witt Talmage Copy Share Image
“We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by someone else’s opinion that we do not look happy.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“So black was the way ahead that my progress consisted of long periods of inert despondency punctuated by spasmodic lurches forward towards… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
As drops of bitter medicine, though minute, may have a salutary force, so words, though few and painful, uttered seasonably, may rouse… — J. K. Bharavi Copy Share Image
There are periods of despondency and suffering which take possession of me. But I don't want anything but my own way. That… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
Neither the depth of despondency nor the height of euphoria tells you how long either will last. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Selling your apartment in New York is like dating a manic-depressive.. you get used to cycles of elation and despondency. Every time… — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul that perished in his pride; Of him who walked in glory and… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Yellow is a very favorable vibration for mental or intellectual activity, as it promotes a clear state of mind. Yellow heightens your… — Tae Yun Kim Copy Share Image
The recollection of one upward hour Hath more in it to tranquilize and cheer The darkness of despondency, than years Of gayety… — James Gates Percival Copy Share Image
Despondency is not a state of humility; on the contrary, it is the vexation and despair of a cowardly pride--nothing is worse;… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
“A knock on my office door interrupted the despondency of my broodings. “Come in!” I called, removing the countenance I currently wore… — Gabriellyn Gidman Copy Share Image
My friends, ask gladness from God. Be glad as children, as birds in the sky. And let man's sin not disturb you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The very names assigned to angels by their Creator, convey to us ideas pre-eminently pleasing, fitted to captivate the heart, and exalt… — Timothy Dwight V Copy Share Image
I used to analyze myself down to the last thread, used to compare myself with others, recalled all the smallest glances, smiles… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
