Desperate Quotes

837 quotes by 717 authors

In desperate hope I go and search for her in all the corners of my house. I find her not. My house is small and… — Rabindranath Tagore
To live in poverty is to live with constant uncertainty, to accept galling indignities, and to expect harassment by the police, welfare officials and employers,… — Barbara Ehrenreich
No scheme for a change of society can be made to appear immediately palatable, except by falsehood, until society has become so desperate that it… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
You see all these things that make you feel desperate or sad, but you realize changes can be made, and it doesn't take a lot… — John Legend
You are desperate to communicate, to edify or entertain, to preserve moments of grace or joy or transcendence, to make real or imagined events come… — Anne Lamott
O God, make us desperate, and grant us faith and boldness to approach Your throne and make our petitions known, knowing that in doing we… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything that makes me… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you typically sacrifice in… — Alfie Kohn
We will suffer a sharp painful disullisionment before we fully surrender. When people really see themselves as the Lord sees them, it is not the… — Oswald Chambers
We would be deceiving both ourselves and the people if we concealed from the masses the necessity of a desperate, bloody war of extermination, as… — Vladimir Lenin
I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I… — Teri Hatcher
I think Desperate Housewives is a pretty good show, I watch it, I like it and I don't love reality tv that much. I do… — Bob Saget
With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit, I… — Phoebe Snow
The Prime Minister seems now to be basing his re-election campaign on this plot line. He is saying to the Australian people, look out, the… — Julia Gillard
Restless, and in desperate need of adventure, I quit my job at an insurance company to travel west with a couple of guys I smoked… — Mink Stole
People get desperate when they're backed into a corner. — Seohyun
On dispersive ground, therefore, fight not. On facile ground, halt not. On contentious ground, attack not. On open ground, do not try to block the… — Sun Tzu
What happens when you let go, when your strength leaves you and you sink into darkness, when there's nothing that you or anyone else can… — Mark Halperin
I was doing a campaign once for a manufacturer, and I couldn't think of an ideas, and I was kind of desperate about it. The… — David Ogilvy
The Animals of the planet are in desperate peril and they are fully aware of this. No less than human beings are doing in all… — Alice Walker

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