Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that fact causes you… — Anna Deavere Smith
You don't have to say anything. You don't have to teach anything. You just have to be who you are: a bright flame shining in… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche
You when the storm is raging - how do you face despair? It is you that the world discovers, whatever the clothes you wear. — Edgar Guest
To parents who despair because their children are unable to master the first problems in arithmetic I can dedicate my examples. For, in arithmetic, until… — Jacques Hadamard
My good friends, we are all waiting. We are waiting, if not for the Messiah, as such, we are waiting for the messianic moment. And… — Elie Wiesel
If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, at the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter. Nor will the bailiff or… — Benjamin Franklin
The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to… — Angelina Grimke
One of the best safeguards of our hopes, I have suggested, is to be able to mark off the areas of hopelessness and to acknowledge… — Unknown Author
Sometimes, people end up thankful for what they mourned. You cannot achieve this state by seeking tragedy, but you can keep yourself open more to… — Andrew Solomon
The Imagination merely enables us to wander into the darkness of the unknown where, by the dim light of the knowledge we carry, we may… — William Ian Beardmore Beveridge
All reality is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair. — Holly Goldberg Sloan
Desire is endless and unappeasable, is most intense where most forbidden, and is never far from despair. — Allen Wheelis
Despite what I had acchieved, I don't for a moment think I am any braver or better than anyone else. This is how I attempt to… — Roz Savage
O men, grown sick with toil and care, Leave for awhile the crowded mart; O women, sinking with despair, Weary of limb and faint of… — Phoebe Cary
When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives. — Abbe Pierre
Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows angry… — Pierre Charron
It is important to recognize the power of our emotions-and to take responsibility for them by creating a light and positive atmosphere around ourselves. This… — Tarthang Tulku
The greatest faith is born in the hour of despair. When we can see no hope and no way out, then faith rises and brings… — Lee Roberson
Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys. — Theodore L. Cuyler
To make a resolution and act accordingly is to live with hope. There may be difficulties and hardships, but not disappointment or despair if you… — Shinichi Suzuki
Consider, if you will, the morning boner. What a metaphor of hope and renewal! How can anyone give way to despair when one’s groin greets… — C.D. Payne
Art forms that appeal to [leftists] tend to focus on ... defeat and despair ... as if there were no hope of accomplishing anything through… — Theodore Kaczynski
The most central and irrational faith among people is the faith in technology and economical growth. Its priests believe until their death that material prosperity… — Pentti Linkola
Creators understand that their emotions are not necessarily a sign of the circumstances. They understand that in desperate circumstances they may experience joy, and in… — Robert Fritz
The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair. — Derrick Bell

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