Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

Oh, we are but soft and squishy bags of mortality rolling in a bin of sharp circumstance, leaking life until we collapse, flaccid, into our… — Christopher Moore
Panicky despair is an underrated element of writing. — Dave Barry
And now I wish I hadnâ€™t been civil, because he says he shall not despair! He is as stupid as Endymion!â€ â€œNo, no!â€ said Alverstoke… — Georgette Heyer
Love. Healing. Help. Hope. The power of Christ to counter all troubles in all timesâ€”including the end of times. That is the safe harbor God… — Jeffrey R. Holland
It didn't take a trauma to make you wear a mask. It didn't take your parents getting shot...or cosmic rays or a power ring...Just the… — Mark Millar
But Valentine, why despair, why always paint the future in such sombre hues?" Maximilien asked. "Because, my friend, I judge it by the past. — Alexandre Dumas
Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the… — Henri Nouwen
My Friend: Art thou abroad on this stormy night on thy journey of love, my friend? The sky groans like one in despair. I have… — Rabindranath Tagore
In a healthy individual, a broken bone that has healed properly is strongest where it was once broken. You have not lost any life, Henry… — Yann Martel
I did point out that I have no prophetic gifts. I write books because I tried to do something more useful and failed. Since I've… — Ayi Kwei Armah
No, my heart will not yet despair. Gandalf fell and has returned and is with us. We may stand, if only on one leg, or… — J.R.R. Tolkien
We've forgotten much. How to struggle, how to rise to dizzy heights and sink to unparalleled depths. We no longer aspire to anything. Even the… — Richard Matheson
And so I ask myself: 'Where are your dreams?' And I shake my head and mutter: 'How the years go by!' And I ask myself… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
One of the great tragedies of life, it seems to me, is when a person classifies himself as someone who has no talents or gifts.… — Marvin J. Ashton
You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair. — Zadie Smith
We stood up and bade each other farewell, but love and despair stood between us like two ghosts, one stretching his wings with his fingers… — Khalil Gibran
The one who confidently looks forward to an eternal reward for his efforts in mortality is constantly sustained through his deepest trials. When he is… — Harold B. Lee
Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions because this despair… — Bell Hooks
There are moments that define a person's whole life. Moments in which everything they are and everything they may possibly become balance on a single… — Jonathan Maberry
Beyond love, beyond unrequited love, perhaps even beyond any other passion known to humanity, deep, deep in the depths of the turgid, clinging, swamplike pit… — Ben Elton

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