Despair Quotes

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Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
The most supreme beauty is that of the feminine; the source of all creativity. Even in my greatest despair, that realization alone restores my faith… — Joseph Curiale
It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a responsibility to the future. I cannot give up. I cannot… — King Hussein I
Never despair, keep pushing on! — Unknown Author
Magic enables man to carry out with confidence his important tasks, to maintain his poise and his mental integrity in fits of anger, in the… — Bronislaw Malinowski
Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you… — C.S. Lewis
God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease. — Albert Camus
What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of… — Paul Hawken
The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down; aspires and not despairs. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair. — Charlie Pierce
That the fundamental aspects of heredity should have turned out to be so extraordinarily simple supports us in the hope that nature may, after all,… — Thomas Hunt Morgan
The next decade will perhaps raise us a step above despair to a cleaner, clearer wisdom and biology cannot fail to help in this. As… — H. Bentley Glass
If you are blessed with great fortunes. . . you may love your fate. But your fate never guarantees the security of those great fortunes.… — Unknown Author
Banish (the onion) from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it. Its presence lends color and enchantment to the most modest dish; its absence… — Elizabeth Robins Pennell
What makes a hero truly great is that they never despair. — Unknown Author
I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak, also held great possibility, if only I could see it. I knew that I… — Suzan-Lori Parks
If I saw the gates of hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I would not despair; I would not lose… — Gemma Galgani
To understand is nothing, but to be understood-that is the problem and the source of anguish. The soul throbs and would have the other know-but… — Andre Gide
Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair. — Elias Canetti
Though you may feel that no one understand the depth of your despair, our savior, Jesus Christ, understands. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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