Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

Art, not unlike raising children... may entail much sacrifice and periods of despair, but, with luck, the effort will produce something that outlives you. — Michael Kimmelman
Narcotics cannot still the tooth. That Nibbles at the soul — Emily Dickinson
Because thou must not dream, thou need not despair. — Matthew Arnold
The problem with the Internet startup craze isn't that too many people are starting companies; it's that too many people aren't sticking with it. That's… — Steve Jobs
Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair. — Matthew Arnold
We who are privileged to be in these chambers today can view the challenges we face as opportunities, not as reasons for despair. We can… — Tom McCall
Safe Despair it is that raves- Agony is frugal. Puts itself severe away For its own perusal. — Emily Dickinson
Can you go a whole day with joy in your heart? Joy and vitality are an inseparable combination. Joy is not concerned with having fun;… — Norman Vincent Peale
The law was given to drive us to despair over the hopelessness of ever being able to keep it. — Hal Lindsey
Blues are the songs of despair, — Mahalia Jackson
Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress-trees Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, Nor looks to see the breaking day… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Some astral dimensions are bright and filled with ecstasy. Advanced cosmic beings live in them. But there are also very dark astral dimensions, often inhabited… — Frederick Lenz
However desperate the situation and circumstances, don't despair. When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When surrounded by dangers, fear none of them. When… — Sun Tzu
Let the Negro march. Let him make pilgrimages to city hall. Let him go on freedom rides. And above all, make an effort to understand… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear. — Clare Balding
No one seems to realize how much we are driven by FEAR, the essential component of human personality. Everything else - from ambition to love… — Trenton Lee Stewart
Humor is not the opposite of seriousness. Humor is the opposite of despair. — Conrad Hyers
For me, I hope last year was the last when anger, frustration and despair ruled my professional psychology. — Margo Kingston
Two world wars, three monstrous dictatorships-in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, Red China-plus every lesser variant of devastating socialist experimentation in a global spread of brutality… — Ayn Rand
It is better to die in hope than live in despair. — Unknown Author
Despair snuffs the sun from the firmament. — Amos Bronson Alcott
Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous with thee. — Marcus Aurelius
Believe flatterers and you're lost; believe your enemies and you despair. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Despair exists only when there is hope. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Tomorrow--there's no day so fair, It knows no sorrow; A day that banishes despair, Joy rules tomorrow. — Edgar Guest

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