Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

Despair kinda smells like burnt hair. Sounds great, but smells lousy. Now fear... fear you can taste! Let's see, fear kinda tastes like... like peaches,… — Unknown Author
The greatest leaders in fighting for an integrated America in the twentieth century were in the Democratic Party. The fact is, it was the liberal… — Newt Gingrich
We should learn to be patient with ourselves. Recognizing our strengths and our weaknesses, we should strive to use good judgment in all of our… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would… — Madeleine L'Engle
It [the depression] was not accidental. It was a carefully contrived occurrence worked out as one works out a mathematical equation. The international bankers sought… — Louis Thomas McFadden
Our life is always deeper than we know, is always more divine than it seems, and hence we are able to survive degradations and despairs… — William James
Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness. — Donald E. Williams, Jr.
"Don't worry too much about how spiritually poor you are_God sees that,but for you it is expected to trust in God and pray to Him… — Seraphim Rose
Men's and nations' finest hour consist of those moments when extraordinary challenge is met by extraordinary response. Hence in those darkest hours, we must light… — Neal A. Maxwell
An individual in despair despairs over something. . . . In despairing over something, he really despair[s] over himself, and now he wants to get… — Soren Kierkegaard
Compared with the person who is conscious of his despair, the despairing individual who is ignorant of his despair is simply a negativity further away… — Soren Kierkegaard
Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone. — Elie Wiesel
The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the passions — hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity — also ceased to manifest themselves. After a… — Paulo Coelho
Love was undoubtedly one of the things capable of changing a person's whole life from one moment to the next. But there's the other side… — Paulo Coelho
My mother had a look on her face that I'll never forget. It was one of complete despair and horror, for losing Bing, for being… — Amy Tan
In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair...the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Let us leave good sense behind like a hideous husk and let us hurl ourselves, like fruit spiced with pride, into the immense mouth and… — Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
There are moments of despair that come sometimes, when night sets in and a white fog presses against the windows. Then our house changes its… — Stevie Smith
I enjoyed the innocence of unhappiness and of helplessness; could I blame myself for a sin which attracted me, which flooded me with pleasure precisely… — Georges Bataille
Our destiny and ultimate fate depend upon our daily decisions. . . .Tomorrow's joy or tomorrow's despair has its roots in decisions we make today.… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has… — Jules Verne
This world in which we live needs beauty in order not to sink into despair. Beauty, like truth, brings joy to the human heart, and… — Pope Benedict XVI
Meaning is malleable: take it out, you get nihilism and despair. Put it in, you get sacredness and something most special. — Dean Ornish
I often don't say things out loud, even when I should. I contain and compartmentalize to a disturbing degree: In my belly-basement are hundreds of… — Gillian Flynn
Women, as well as men, in all ages and in all places, have danced on the earth, danced the life dance, danced joy, danced grief,… — Margaret Laurence

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