Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air beat upward to god's throne… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a… — Samuel Johnson
The day may dawn when fair play, love for one's fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth serene… — Winston Churchill
I love you as one should, to excess. With folly, delight and despair. — Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse
Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair. — Henry Fielding
He that despairs measures Providence by his own little contracted model and limits infinite power to finite apprehensions. — Robert South
[Never give up hope. Never give in to pessimism. Never despair.] No horse named Morbid ever won a race! — Ernest Hemingway
Be cheerful [and grateful for the good that you have]: do not brood over fond hopes unrealized until a chain is fastened on each thought… — Arthur Helps
The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair. — Sam Keen
Stand still, close your eyes and listen; in the silence you can hear the cries of pain and low moans of anguish of animals waiting… — Ashley Montagu
Perhaps it would have been possible to see in him a new Prometheus...the hero who for the good of mankind exposes himself to the agonies… — W. Somerset Maugham
As the plane got closer to Miami, I had this terrible feeling he was dying. Maybe he was telling me that he was going. I… — Robin Gibb
The price that has to be paid for finding truly personal life is a very high one. It is a price in terms of the… — Paul Tournier
People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they despair of writing eloquently. — Anna Quindlen
The modern technological world appears overwhelming to many people. It drives some to pessimism and despair. It makes others doubt the future of mankind unless… — Glenn T. Seaborg
If we are to find our way across troubled waters, we are better served by the company of those who have built bridges, who have… — Marilyn Ferguson
Faith is not something that one has; faith is something that one practices at the very moment in your life when you really don't believe… — Julius Lester
Art has to offer something other than stylized despair. — Ben Lerner
The sensuality of desperate lives. Only poets talk like that. But poetry has never had an answer for anything. All it does it bear witness.… — Jean-Claude Izzo
An up-close portrait of middle-class Nigeria exploring the boundaries of morals and public decorum. Pitched between humor and despair, with stripped-down, evocative prose, A Bit… — Nii Parkes
Poetry is the thread that leads us out of the labyrinth of despair and into the light. — Gregory Orr
We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts… — Ramakrishna
I think despair and cynicism are two different things. On the flip side of hope is despair. Belief and doubt are the same thing, in… — Jon Foreman
I'm English, and as such I crave disappointment. That's why I buy Kinder Surprise. Horrible chocolate; nasty little toy: a double-whammy of disillusionment ! Sometimes… — Bill Bailey
We are not to look upon our sins as insignificant trifles. On the other hand, we are not to regard them as so terrible that… — Martin Luther

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