Contribution Quote by Loretta Young

Without hope, there is no despair. There is only meaningless suffering.

— Anonymous

For me, it's not an option to despair. The question is: what can we do to make someone's life better? Take the unimaginable strides…

— Samantha Power

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

— Edmund Burke

The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience.

— Flannery O'Connor

You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.

— Rohinton Mistry

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.

— Irvin D. Yalom

That is to say that despair does not seem to be in any way potentially to be productive.

— Jonathon Keats

Despair is anger with no place to go.

— Mignon McLaughlin

We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything…

— Anonymous

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

— Franz Kafka

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

— Alain de Botton

If you're in despair, you don't know how to be part of your own life anymore.

— Naomi Wallace