Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them… — J.R.R. Tolkien
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of… — Henri Nouwen
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while… — Nikki Giovanni
We are all subject to the fates. But we must all act as if we are not, or die of despair...death will sweep through all… — Philip Pullman
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin… — Graham Greene
As long as you have life and breath, believe. Believe for those who cannot. Believe even if you have stopped believing. Believe for the sake… — Mark Helprin
Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward… — Nelson Mandela
More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let… — Woody Allen
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and… — Wendell Berry
Long looking at paintings is equivalent to being dropped into a foreign city, where gradually, out of desire and despair, a few key words, then… — Jeanette Winterson
(Such a life)engaged gross quantities of hope and despair and set them wildly side by side, like a Third World country of the heart. — Lorrie Moore
To commit herself to becoming "an apostle of Joy" when humanly speaking she might have felt at the brink of despair, was heroic indeed. She… — Brian Kolodiejchuk
There is prodigious strength in sorrow and despair. — Charles Dickens
Oh, Cathy! Oh, my life! how can I bear it?" was the first sentence he uttered, in a tone that did not seek to disguise… — Emily Bronte
...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end… — Rohinton Mistry
There is too much bad news to justify complacency. There is too much good news to justify despair. — Donella Meadows
But what man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real key is in… — Ayn Rand
There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into… — Anais Nin
I like to eat crawfish and drink beer. That's despair? — Walker Percy

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