Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

I despair about the lack of proper respect shown for the piano. If you want it to sound like a traffic jam, go out in… — Oscar Peterson
I nursed men back to sanity who were driven to despair. I solicited clothes for the ragged children, for the desperate mothers. I laid out… — Mother Jones
Step by step, you make your way forward. That’s why practices such as daily writing exercises or keeping a daily blog can be so helpful.… — Gretchen Rubin
Prayer is the most powerful resource we have in this life; yet, many only turn to it as a last resort. When unbelievers pray for… — Franklin Graham
Journey through the Power of the Rainbow represents a condensed compendium of literary efforts from a life dedicated to transforming the themes of injustice, grief,… — Aberjhani
Do not despair, thinking that you cannot change yourself after so many years. Simply enter into the presence of Jesus as you are and ask… — Henri Nouwen
Joy is what makes life worth living, but for many joy seems hard to find. They complain that their lives are sorrowful and depressing. What… — Henri Nouwen
The deeper our faith, the more doubt we must endure; the deeper our hope, the more prone we are to despair; the deeper our love,… — Parker J. Palmer
The opposite of hope is despair, and when we despair, it is because we feel there are no choices. — Warren G. Bennis
What is the nature of the search? you ask. Really it is very simple, at least for a fellow like me; so simple that it… — Walker Percy
As for hobbies, people with stimulating hobbies suffer from the most noxious of despairs since they are tranquilized in their despair. — Walker Percy
Ninety-five per cent of films are born of frustration, of self despair, of ambition for survival, for money, for fattening bank accounts. Five per cent,… — Samuel Fuller
The world is full of tragedy; and sympathy, a little common sympathy, can do so much to soften the worst of grief. It is for… — Mona Caird
Kiddies, Graphic Design, if you wield it effectively, is Power. Power to transmit ideas that change everything. Power that can destroy an entire race or… — Chip Kidd
Happiness lies in conquering one's enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savoring their despair, in outraging their wives… — Genghis Khan
It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair. — Mariella Frostrup
Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through. — Susannah McCorkle
Despair ... is the only cure for illusion. Without despair we cannot transfer our allegiance to reality - it's a kind of mourning period for… — Philip Slater
Poetry has its uses for despair. It can carve a shape in which a pain can seem to be; it can give one’s loss a… — Christian Wiman
God's grace is painted on the canvas of despair. — T.D. Jakes
Those who make us believe that anything’s possible and fire our imagination over the long haul, are often the ones who have survived the bleakest… — Paul Rogat Loeb
What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters? They would only drive him to even greater despair. — Adelbert von Chamisso
The doubters are always more blessed than the mere fellow travelers in faith. For they are the only ones who fully learn that their Lord… — Helmut Thielicke
There is a prayer intended to give strength to people faced with circumstances they don’t want to accept. The power of the prayer comes from… — Mary Alice
Travel is the discovery of truth; an affirmation of the promise that human kind is far more beautiful than it is flawed. With each trip… — Dan Thompson

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