Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

This is the book I never read ~ These are the words I never said ~ This is the path I'll never tread ~ These… — Annie Lennox
The Bible, which ranges over a period of four thousand years, records but one instance of a death-bed conversion (the thief on the cross) -… — Thomas Guthrie
There are peaks, there are valleys. But they're all kind of carved and smoothed out, and it feels like a low level of despair you… — Jim Carrey
A lot of people go straight from denial to despair without pausing in the middle and doing something about it. — Al Gore
It's the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, 'till we find our place, on the… — Elton John
You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy. — Joan Baez
Whatever your sex or position, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the coward. Whether passed… — Henry David Thoreau
If I had my life to live over again I would not devote it to develop new industrial processes: I would try to add my… — Leo Baekeland
If you're involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it's bondage. It is personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement. — Michele Bachmann
It is because the world is so full of suffering, that your happiness is a gift. It is because the world is so full of… — Robert Holden
Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair. — Gautama Buddha
Not doing is not about immobility or giving up in despair. It is first and foremost about being able to be with, to accept fully,… — Oriah Dreamer
Despair is vinegar from the wine of hope. — Austin O'Malley
Too strong a media emphasis on death and violence can lead to despair. — Dalai Lama
What is your personal carrying capacity for grief, rage, despair? We are living in a period of mass extinction. The numbers stand at 200 species… — Lierre Keith
When Reason Breaks is infused with a rare blend of suspense and sensitivity, despair and hope. The poetic spirit of Emily Dickinson shines through the gloom… — Margarita Engle
She (the First Lady, entering the room with her gravely wounded husband) would admit fear but not despair. — Candice Millard
No matter how ruined man and his world may seem to be, and no matter how terrible man's despair may become, as long as he… — Thomas Merton
But however close we sometimes seem to that dark and final abyss, let no man of peace and freedom despair. For he does not stand… — John F. Kennedy
I don't know where hell is ... another dimension, perhaps, or another plane of reality. As for getting there ... it's a choice between sinning… — Alan Grant
The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. — Max Jacob
Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; Lead me from hate to… — Satish Kumar
Beginning today, I will create a new future by creating a new me. No longer will I dwell in a pit of despair, moaning over… — Andy Andrews
Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world. — John Cheever
Obsessing on evil is boring. Rousing fear is a hackneyed shtick. Wallowing is despair is a bad habit. Indulging in cynicism is akin to committing… — Rob Brezsny

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