Despite Quotes

1296 Despite quotes by 1034 unique authors

When I read these books, I no longer felt like I was confined to a very tiny world. I no longer felt housebound and bedbound.… — Gavin Extence
But courage wasn't an absence of fear; it was fighting despite the knot in your stomach. — Ann Aguirre
She tied her blond hair back with a strip of denim torn from her pants leg, and in the fiery light of the river, her… — Rick Riordan
We looked at each other. And it occurred to me that despite his faults, which were numerous and spectacular, the reason I’d liked Boris and… — Donna Tartt
We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears. — John McCain
Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect… — Fernand Braudel
I'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in… — Barack Obama
I exclusively attended public school... And I can honestly say that on the day of my graduation, if you had given me a pop quiz… — Unknown Author
Because you and I have the power to impute beauty on anything under the sun. Because you become the labels you give yourself. If you… — Bo Sanchez
I've come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one's capacity - or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back… — Elia Kazan
Despite the protestations, one sometimes wonders if we are beginning to worship, worship rather than worship God. — D. A. Carson
Humanity has passed through a long history of one-sidedness and of a social condition that has always contained the potential of destruction, despite its creative… — Murray Bookchin
We have had philosophies, we have ideologies, we have so many kinds of enterprises but despite that there are so many differences and the differences… — Nirmala Srivastava
An infant prodigy of nine is shoved upon the stage in white. She starts off in a dismal whine about a dark and stormy night,… — Noel Coward
When you have a pile of bills that you have no idea how you are going to pay, you cannot focus on the bills, because… — Rhonda Byrne
The Bush administration continues to coddle China, despite its continuing crackdown on democratic reform, its brutal subjugation of Tibet, its irresponsible export of nuclear and… — William J. Clinton
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. Despite everything, I believe… — Anne Frank
The tragedy of young-earth creationism is that it takes a relatively recent and extreme view of Genesis, applies to it an unjustified scientific gloss, and… — Francis Collins
We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the human mind had… — Dalai Lama
These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct one's… — Confucius
Despite living in an increasingly digital world, there are a few things I still like to keep as physical reminders. So every time I see… — Ruzwana Bashir
Science is not, despite how it is often portrayed, about absolute truths. It is about developing an understanding of the world, making predictions, and then… — Brian Schmidt
Despite the situation in Cuba, I had a chance to play on the national team; and compared to other baseball players and other people in… — Yoenis Cespedes
Magazines that depend on photography, and design, and long reads, and quality stuff, are going to do just fine despite the Internet and cable news. — Jann Wenner
Despite the characterization of some that teaching is an easy job, with short hours and summers off, the fact is that successful, dedicated teachers in… — Andreas Schleicher

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