In all probability the Human Genome Project will, someday, find that I carry some recessive gene for optimism, because despite all my… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Once a depressed person becomes active and hopeful, self-esteem always improves. Bolstering self-esteem without changing hopelessness, without changing passivity, accomplishes nothing. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
“Elizabeth's barreness and advanced age--a double symbol of hopelessness--became the means by which God would announce to the world that nothing is… — Swindoll Charles R Copy Share Image
Answer hopelessness with a defiant smile and a raised middle finger. — Daniele Bolelli Copy Share Image
“She felt the depth of her losses before they were realized, and she wondered, Is there still hope? Did she even dare… — Sage Steadman Copy Share Image
“For this reason, it is well said that misfortune is sometimes good for something, for it teaches at the same time that… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
"Ocean" is more about ... powerlessness and hopelessness. When we're very small we can't actually do anything - we have no say… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
But Gregor understood easily that it was not only consideration for him which prevented their moving, for he could easily have been… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
For children, the era of mass incarceration has meant a tremendous amount of family separation, broken homes, poverty, and a far, far… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“You can always see a light around the hopeful people and darkness around the hopeless! And what better shield you can have… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Though all three men faced the same hardship, their differing perceptions of it appeared to be shaping their fates. Louie and Phil's… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
The future of civilisation depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
We can see hope in the midst of hopelessness. We can see peace in the midst of chaos. We have a hope… — Priscilla Shirer Copy Share Image
But difficult situations and wrong choices conspire to trap us in hopelessness. — Judah Smith Copy Share Image
More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Some years ago John Kenneth Galbraith wrote in an essay on his efforts at writing a history of economics: 'As one approaches… — Abraham Pais Copy Share Image
I used to despair about the condition of the world, to feel a sense of hopelessness; now I find more and more… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
“There are times when you don't belong and you think you're going to kill yourself. Once I went to a hotel. Later… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
“You must never travel on the road of hopelessness because that road is deprived of any kind of light!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
It's often difficult for those who are lucky enough to have never experienced what true depression is to imagine a life of… — Susan Polis Schutz Copy Share Image
To stay with that shakiness-to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Sometimes your very existence seems nothing, sometimes its your shadow I yearn for or a glimpse of it.” — ehddah Copy Share Image
I went to Iraq because I wanted to see what one year of occupation had done to Iraqi society, and I went… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Have you ever felt despair? Absolute hopelessness? Have you ever stood in the darkness and known, deep in your heart, in your… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
