Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

What is courage? This courage will not be the opposite of despair. We shall often be faced with despair, as indeed every sensitive person has… — Rollo May
Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair. — David McCullough
Your late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with a view to emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble… — George Washington
So many in our world today are suffering from isolation, war and oppression. So much money is spent on the construction of armaments. Many, many… — Jean Vanier
That is Buddha`s meaning of nirvana: to be free from life and death, to be free from desire. The moment you are free from all… — Rajneesh
Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
The most supreme beauty is that of the feminine; the source of all creativity. Even in my greatest despair, that realization alone restores my faith… — Joseph Curiale
It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a responsibility to the future. I cannot give up. I cannot… — King Hussein I
Never despair, keep pushing on! — Unknown Author
Magic enables man to carry out with confidence his important tasks, to maintain his poise and his mental integrity in fits of anger, in the… — Bronislaw Malinowski
Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you… — C.S. Lewis
God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease. — Albert Camus
What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of… — Paul Hawken
The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down; aspires and not despairs. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair. — Charlie Pierce
That the fundamental aspects of heredity should have turned out to be so extraordinarily simple supports us in the hope that nature may, after all,… — Thomas Hunt Morgan
The next decade will perhaps raise us a step above despair to a cleaner, clearer wisdom and biology cannot fail to help in this. As… — H. Bentley Glass
If you are blessed with great fortunes. . . you may love your fate. But your fate never guarantees the security of those great fortunes.… — Unknown Author
Banish (the onion) from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it. Its presence lends color and enchantment to the most modest dish; its absence… — Elizabeth Robins Pennell
What makes a hero truly great is that they never despair. — Unknown Author
I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak, also held great possibility, if only I could see it. I knew that I… — Suzan-Lori Parks
If I saw the gates of hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I would not despair; I would not lose… — Gemma Galgani
To understand is nothing, but to be understood-that is the problem and the source of anguish. The soul throbs and would have the other know-but… — Andre Gide
Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair. — Elias Canetti
Though you may feel that no one understand the depth of your despair, our savior, Jesus Christ, understands. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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