Despite Quotes

1296 Despite quotes by 1034 unique authors

The problem was to get judges who were not afraid to prosecute Saddam despite intimidation and threats. — Hoshyar Zebari
We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. (Despite) all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the whole human… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
My own philosophy is that one should share what wisdom he has, one should help others to help themselves and one should keep going despite… — L. Ron Hubbard
I learned that if a relationship is honest, it can last through anything despite all the challenges we have to face and everything that happens… — Robert Pattinson
The pair smiled desperately at one another. And for the first time ever, despite the fact that everyone he knew - even the gods themselves… — Darren Shan
Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We fell in love despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. — Nicholas Sparks
Despite my vast interest in other universes and new ideas and space, travel and time travel, which by the way I think is impossible, the… — Philip Jose Farmer
I believe that Orthodoxy has been thinking lately, and despite other impressions, that we can't have full sacramental communion if we don't first have a… — Karl Lehmann
In a 91-part series of sob stories from the laid off and the disgruntled, The NY Times is in the midst of bemoaning 'the downsizing… — Rush Limbaugh
Habits are funny things. What's funny, or rather tragic, is that bad habits are so predictable and avoidable. Despite this, there are people by the… — Zig Ziglar
Hope grows in us, despite our moments of darkness, regardless of our regular bouts of depression. — Joan D. Chittister
Near the end of the 1700s, philosophers began to declare that humans were rational individuals. People were flattered by being recognized as individuals, and by… — Alex Pentland
Bound by conventions, people tend to reach for what is easy. Here we must be unafraid of what is difficult. For all living beings in… — Rainer Maria Rilke
No history is mute. No matter how much they own it, break it, and lie about it, human history refuses to shut its mouth. Despite… — Eduardo Galeano
I have to ask you to resist, not comply, to destroy the power men have over women, to refuse to accept it, to abhor it,… — Andrea Dworkin
Despite what you've been conditioned to believe, sexual desire is sacred and virtuous. When you and your beloved merge physically and emotionally, you go beyond… — Deepak Chopra
No matter what is happening in our lives, we choose how we wish to think about it. And the greatest gift we give ourselves is… — Marianne Williamson
Easter says to us that despite everything to the contrary, his will for us will prevail, love will prevail over hate, justice over injustice and… — Desmond Tutu
Popular culture, on average, has been growing more cognitively challenging over the past thirty years, not less. Despite everything you hear about declining standards and… — Steven Johnson
Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of interest… — Claude Monet
Seeing, despite the name, isn’t merely visual. — Seth Godin
It is an important part of our life’s experience to develop the strength, courage, and integrity to hold fast to truth and righteousness despite the… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence , an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss… — Sebastian Junger
Despite the amount of suffering, pain, misery, sorrow and travail which can exist in life, the reason for existence is the same reason as one… — L. Ron Hubbard

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