Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be… — Unknown Author
We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will again. If difficulties… — George Washington
Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair. — Dean Koontz
We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who… — Mother Teresa
Without hope, there is no despair. There is only meaningless suffering. — Dan Morgenstern
Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing. — Seneca the Younger
Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair,… — Ban Ki-moon
I grew up in a working class family where there was no health insurance. I saw first hand the fracturing of the American dream and… — Howard Schultz
Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future — Colin Powell
All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there in riches or poverty, in joy or despair. Snapshots don't… — Richard Bach
Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to… — Douglas MacArthur
Everyone becomes brave when he observes one who despairs. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Marriage can be compared to a cage: birds outside it despair to enter, and birds within, to escape. — Michel de Montaigne
Despair has been called the unforgivable sin-not presumably because God refuses to forgive it, but because it despairs of the possibility of being forgiven. — Frederick Buechner
At times, life is hard, as hard as crucible steel. It has its bleak and painful moments. Like the ever flowing water of a river,… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society,… — Thomas Jefferson
There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair. — Euripides
Like strength is felt from hope, and from despair. — Homer
I am now a man of despair, rejected, abandoned, shut up in this iron cage from which there is no escape. — John Bunyan
The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human… — Libba Bray
Creativity requires introspection, self-examination, and a willingness to take risks. Because of this, artists are perhaps more susceptible to self-doubt and despair than those who… — Eric Maisel
Discontent and disorder were signs of energy and hope, not of despair. — C. V. Wedgwood
Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out. — Eugene Ionesco
Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is worse than evil,… — Elie Wiesel
One leaf left on a branch and not a sound of sadness or despair. One leaf left on a branch and no unhappiness. One leaf… — David Ignatow

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