Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

Whenever our sins press hard against us, whenever Satan would drive us to despair, we must hold up this shield, that God does not want… — John Calvin
For that was the terrible power of the dementors: to force their victims to relive the worst memories of their lives, and drown, powerless, in… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In vast stretches of the earth, men awoke today in hunger. They will spend the day in unceasing toil. And as the sun goes down… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Those who are heavy-laden with despair should come unto the Lord. — Ezra Taft Benson
There will come into every life moments of despair and the need for direction from a divine source-even an unspoken plea for help. — Thomas S. Monson
The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair. Gratitude will act as an elixir… — Sam Keen
If we cry more tears we will ruin the land with salt; instead let's praise that which would distract us with despair. Make a song… — Joy Harjo
Then I felt that every inflection of my voice, every word in my mouth, was a lie, a play whose sole purpose was to cover… — Ingmar Bergman
I am the beast with a contorted grin, contracting down to illusion and dilating toward infinity, both growing and dying, delightfully suspended between hope for… — Emile M. Cioran
People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness. — Soren Kierkegaard
Taking a look back, one big reqret is, I left Harvard with no real awareness of the awful inequities in the world. The appalling disparities… — Bill Gates
Knowing love or the hope of knowing love is the anchor that keeps us from falling into that sea of despair. — Bell Hooks
Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair. — Bell Hooks
The childlike, gum-chewing naivete, the glamour rooted in despair, the self-admiring carelessness, the perfected otherness, the wispiness, the shadowy, voyeuristic, vaguely sinister aura, the pale,… — Andy Warhol
Faith in Christ is the only thing to save you from despair. — C.S. Lewis
Thinking is the subtlest form of self-polemics, the art of a certain finesse in psychological self-vivisection and self-crucifixion (Hegel of course called the path of… — Kenny Smith
The present moment is never intolerable. It is always what is coming in five minutes or five days that makes people despair. The Law of… — Emmet Fox
I divested myself of despair and fear when I came here. Now there is no more catching one's own eye in the mirror, there are… — Jane Kenyon
About 2500 years ago Aeschylus, the Greek playwright, wrote, He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop… — Gioconda Belli
I have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In… — Anne Frank
At first I was almost about to despair, I thought I never could bear it — but I did I bear it. The question remains:… — Heinrich Heine
If there's more that you can do, then do it. If there's not more that you can do, then be content with what you're doing.… — Stefan Molyneux
From the prophets' dreams of the time when nations would beat their swords into plowshares to today's aspirations of a nuclear-weapons-free world, we have sought… — David Saperstein
Fear is a habit, so is self pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple… — Napoleon Hill
There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language.… — Toni Morrison

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