Despair Quote by George Whitefield

Despair has been called the unforgivable sin-not presumably because God refuses to forgive it, but because it despairs of the possibility of being forgiven.

— Frederick Buechner

Perhaps despair is the only human sin.

— Gretel Ehrlich

“Despair is for people who know, beyond any doubt, what the future is going to bring. Nobody is in that position. So despair is…

— Patrick Curry

Sorrow for sin is indeed necessary, but it should not be an endless preoccupation. You must dwell also on the glad remembrance of God's…

— Saint Bernard

Only the man who has had to face despair is really convinced that he needs mercy. Those who do not want mercy never seek…

— Thomas Merton

I enjoyed the innocence of unhappiness and of helplessness; could I blame myself for a sin which attracted me, which flooded me with pleasure…

— Georges Bataille

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a…

— Graham Greene

Despair is deadly sin, but worse, it is mortal folly.

— Ellis Peters

I'm not despairing of love at all.

— Andrew Sean Greer

I would say to my soul, O my soul, this is not the place of despair; this is not the time to despair in.…

— John Bunyan

To despair over one's sins indicates that sin has become or wants to be internally consistent. It wants nothing to do with the good,…

— Soren Kierkegaard

“God I am a sinner. I have done so many wrongs, in my life. I have wronged many people, unaware. I have hurt so…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos