Despair Quotes

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Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to… — Douglas MacArthur
Everyone becomes brave when he observes one who despairs. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Marriage can be compared to a cage: birds outside it despair to enter, and birds within, to escape. — Michel de Montaigne
Despair has been called the unforgivable sin-not presumably because God refuses to forgive it, but because it despairs of the possibility of being forgiven. — Frederick Buechner
At times, life is hard, as hard as crucible steel. It has its bleak and painful moments. Like the ever flowing water of a river,… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society,… — Thomas Jefferson
There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair. — Euripides
Like strength is felt from hope, and from despair. — Homer
I am now a man of despair, rejected, abandoned, shut up in this iron cage from which there is no escape. — John Bunyan
The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human… — Libba Bray
Creativity requires introspection, self-examination, and a willingness to take risks. Because of this, artists are perhaps more susceptible to self-doubt and despair than those who… — Eric Maisel
Discontent and disorder were signs of energy and hope, not of despair. — C. V. Wedgwood
Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out. — Eugene Ionesco
Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is worse than evil,… — Elie Wiesel
One leaf left on a branch and not a sound of sadness or despair. One leaf left on a branch and no unhappiness. One leaf… — David Ignatow
What is courage? This courage will not be the opposite of despair. We shall often be faced with despair, as indeed every sensitive person has… — Rollo May
Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair. — David McCullough
Your late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with a view to emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble… — George Washington
So many in our world today are suffering from isolation, war and oppression. So much money is spent on the construction of armaments. Many, many… — Jean Vanier
That is Buddha`s meaning of nirvana: to be free from life and death, to be free from desire. The moment you are free from all… — Rajneesh

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