Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair — Nelson Mandela
Do not despair, dear heart, but come to the Lord with all your jagged wounds, black bruises, and running sores. He alone can heal, and… — Charles Spurgeon
The deepest form of despair is to choose to be another than himself. — Soren Kierkegaard
Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow and despair, for it is… — Khalil
I will light candles this Christmas, Candles of joy, despite all sadness, Candles of hope where despair keeps watch. Candles of courage where fear is… — Howard Thurman
Outrun the people who quit when they feel discomfort, outrun the people who stop because of despair, outrun the people who are delayed because of… — Muhammad Ali
To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair inevitable. — Raymond Williams
Oh, to realize that souls, precious, never dying souls, are perishing all around us, going out into the blackness of darkness and despair, eternally lost,… — Oswald J. Smith
Despair the twin-born of devotion. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
To be inspired is the ultimate antidote to existential despair. — Jason Silva
Here is a fearful enemy of God and man — the liquor traffic; it makes ruthless war upon the people; it blasts and destroys their… — Unknown Author
In his larger forms, Schubert is a wanderer. He likes to move at the edge of the precipice, and does so with the assurance of… — Alfred Brendel
The opposite of interpersonal trust is not mistrust. It is despair. This is because we have given up on believing that trustworthiness and fulfillment are… — David Richo
Our obedience has its origin in God's prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair. — Elyse Fitzpatrick
There is hope after despair and many suns after darkness. — Unknown Author
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. — Mahatma Gandhi
Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity. — Edmond de Goncourt
Despair leads to boredom, electronic games, computer hacking, poetry and other bad habits. — Edward Abbey
It is truly strange how long it takes to get to know oneself. I am now sixty two years old, yet just one moment ago… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope… — Howard Thurman
Enlightenment is the only real antidote to the world's despair. — Marianne Williamson
To desire Him to be merciful to us is to acknowledge Him as God. To seek His pity when we deserve no pity is to… — Thomas Merton
The silence of the spheres is the music of a wedding feast. The more we persist in misunderstanding the phenomena of life, the more we… — Thomas Merton
Despair is suffering without meaning. — Viktor E. Frankl
I would say that our patients never really despair because of any suffering in itself! Instead, their despair stems in each instance from a doubt… — Viktor E. Frankl

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