Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

And every historic effort to forge a democratic project has been undermined by two fundamental realities: poverty and paranoia. The persistence of poverty generates levels… — Cornel West
It becomes no man to nurse despair, but, in the teeth of clenched antagonisms, to follow up the worthiest till he die. — Alfred the Great
If you make intense supplication and the timing of the answer is delayed, do not despair of it. His reply to you is guaranteed; but… — Ibn Ata Allah
If you have a dear one in Heaven your heart yearns to see, do not despair, for you will meet again. The voice you loved… — Herbert Lockyer
From 1945 to 2003, the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements fighting against… — William Blum
Life for most people is a bad dream. They live in pain, grabbing at what they can for pleasure. As they grow old, they despair.… — Frederick Lenz
Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair. — Lord Byron
Can it be that I have overlooked something, that there is something which I have failed to understand? Is it not possible that this state… — Leo Tolstoy
Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer. — Horace
When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair. — Thomas Aquinas
Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail. — Henry David Thoreau
Discomfort guides my tongue And bids me speak of nothing but despair. — William Shakespeare
It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our government But is… — Elie Wiesel
Despair makes victims sometimes victors. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Despair ruins some, presumption many. — Benjamin Franklin
Should all despair That have revolted wives, the tenth of mankind Would hang themselves. — William Shakespeare
The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The… — Joseph Addison
I have been so great a lover: filled my days So proudly with the splendour of Love's praise, The pain, the calm, and the astonishment,… — Rupert Brooke
Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated; and we may promote the invigoration of faint endeavors,… — Samuel Johnson
What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering. — Gautama Buddha
Despair is not a particularly respectable condition and yet despair and delight alternate like systole and diastole in my heart. — Stephanie Mills
Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd, The milk of… — William Cowper
The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling. — Norman Cousins
Guilt is a timorous thing ere perpetration; despair alone makes guilty men be bold. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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