Desperation Quotes

283 Desperation quotes by 248 unique authors

I feel a desperation to make people see what we are doing to the environment, what a mess we are making of our world. At… — Jane Goodall
You might as well ask why a middle-aged man with no criminal record might put a paper bag over his head and rob a bank.… — Aldrich Ames
Remaining calm in times of desperation makes way for opportunity. — Simon Sinek
Be moral. Be brave. Be a heart-whole man, strictly moral, brave unto desperation. Don't bother your head with religious theories. Cowards only sin, brave men… — Swami Vivekananda
If I've learned anything about prayer, it's that desperation drives discipline. — Bill Hybels
A certain desperation is usually necessary before we're ready for God... Until your knees finally hit the floor, you're just playing at life, and on… — Marianne Williamson
Human beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near — Philip Yancey
If you, who are organised by Divine Providence for spiritual communion, refuse, and bury your talent in the earth, even though you should want natural… — William Blake
...we must also acknowledge that the majority of the men and women of our time continue to live daily in situations of insecurity, with dire… — Pope Francis
Weakness is what brings ignorance, cheapness, racism, homophobia, desperation, cruelty, brutality, all these things that will keep a society chained to the ground, one foot… — Henry Rollins
Songs are snapshots of what you’re going through, and mine involve questioning, searching for completion, joy, and truth, and desperation for relief. I’m satisfied with my… — Melissa Ferrick
We look up for inspiration, down for desperation, right and left for information. — Unknown Author
We don't attack any veteran, at all, ever, for their service record. We thank them. And the fact that somebody wanted to do that for… — Matt Shea
His desperation and misery swept her up like a storm capturing the sea. She turned her mind to even these feelings, because they were his,… — Sarah Rees Brennan
Now people want what the movie was about, which is violent comedy. And that's really what The Aristocrats is based on - what will a… — Bob Saget
I felt, if I'm going to take on some of the most overdone material, which is men and women and affairs and betrayal of friends,… — Neil LaBute
Death, my son, is a good thing for all men; it is the night for this worried day that we call life. It is in… — Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Salvation now consists of a deep wrestling in our souls with the sinfulness of our hearts, the depth of our depravity, and the desperation of… — David Platt
My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that,… — Damian Marley
You write your first novel with the desperation of the damned. You're afraid that you'll never write anything else, ever again. — Patricia Duncker
Are you desperate or determined? With desperation comes frustration. With determination comes purpose, achievement, and peace. — James A. Murphy III
In all probability an outburst of desperation in the midst of general submissiveness will always help. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Nothing seems to matter quite as much. I no longer think about death in the concentrated way I once did. I don't know? you get… — John Updike
Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation. — Douglas Coupland
The vast majority of the people who populate our planet live lives of quiet desperation that are all too often quite harsh and painful, lives… — Frederick Lenz

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