Quiet Desperation Quotes

19 quotes by 15 authors

The intellect of most men is barren. They neither fertilize or are fertilized. It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the… — Henry David Thoreau
One solitary God-centered, God-intoxicated man can do more to keep God's love alive and His presence felt in the world than a thousand half-hearted, talkative… — Robert McNamara
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way. — Roger Waters
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
Studies of people who report high well-being in their fifties and sixties indicate that they have lived lives that involved personal risks. They are not… — Jennifer James
The gift of willingness is the only thing that stands between the quiet desperation of a disingenuous life and the actualization of unexpressed potential. — Jim McDonald
I am interested in the gap between what people say and what they think - the undiscovered world of people's lives. Lives of quiet desperation. — Richard Eyre
I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that… — Harry Nilsson
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. — Henry David Thoreau
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. — Henry David Thoreau
On the outside, Oscar simply looked tired, no taller, no fatter, only the skin under his eyes, pouched from years of quiet desperation, had changed.… — Junot Diaz
The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity. — Deepak Chopra
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. — Henry David Thoreau
Civilizations grow by agreements and accomodations and accretions, not by repudiations. The rebels and the revolutionaries are only eddies, they keep the stream from getting… — Wallace Stegner
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate… — Henry David Thoreau
The Samaritan woman grasped what He said with fervor that came from an awareness of her real need. The transaction was fascinating. She has come… — Ravi Zacharias
On Painting Rats, and the Glorification of Them. They exist without permission. They are hated, hunted and persecuted. They live in quiet desperation amongst the… — Banksy
The very moment you are gone, I miss you. Quiet desperation, exquisite anticipation screaming, for your return. A type of Madness, perfect clarity, waiting, trembling,… — Vladislas Nikilovic
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Or so the poet says. But not… — Richard Stidham

Who Wrote These Quiet Desperation Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 19 Quiet Desperation Quotes as follows: