Despair Quotes

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Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over… — Albert Camus
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool. — Albert Camus
It is necessary to fall in love... if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway. — Albert Camus
There is no love of life without despair of life. — Albert Camus
There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair. — Miguel de Cervantes
Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference. — Charlie Chaplin
We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure. — Cesar Chavez
From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with… — Cesar Chavez
We define only out of despair, we must have a formula... to give a facade tot he void. — Emile M. Cioran
It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels… — Hillary Clinton
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly… — Leonard Cohen
Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger… — Henri Nouwen
If one is devoid of hope and thanksgiving, he cannot for long remain sinless, for he will, in despair, have slackened his resolve. Feelings of… — Neal A. Maxwell
The first question to be answered by any individual or any social group, facing a hazardous situation, is whether the crisis is to be met… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe that there is a road… — Sun Tzu
Nothing means so much to our daily prayer life as to pray in the name of Jesus. If we fail to do this, our prayer… — Ole Hallesby
This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century - solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and… — Elie Wiesel
As a lifelong pacifist, Quaker, and a gay man, I despair that gays and lesbians are expending energy trying to get into the military when… — Ned Rorem
I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not… — Lee Iacocca
Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and never give in to hopelessness… — William Osler

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