Imagine Quote by Ingeborg Bachmann

I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our…

— Jane Austen

I've seen that mixture of resignation and hopelessness before; its usually in my mirror.

— Anonymous

Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense. I should…

— Sophie Swetchine

True resignation, which always brings with it the confidence that unchangeable goodness will make even the disappointment of our hopes, and the contradictions of…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

Resignation is what kills people. Once they've rejected resignation, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath.

— Anonymous

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.

— Salmon P. Chase

I am not resigned: I am not sure life is long enough to learn that lesson.

— George Eliot

Sometimes when I am in a situation that I have never been in, I kind of pull back a little bit to observe things;…

— Queen Latifah

“Depressions and melancholy are often a cover for tremendous greed. At the beginning of an analysis there is often a depressed state of resignation-life…

— Marie-Louise von Franz

What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.

— Sophie Swetchine

Resignation is a daily suicide.

— Honore de Balzac