Despair Quote by Menander

He who labors diligently need never despair.

— Menander

He who has never hoped can never despair

— George Bernard Shaw

He who does nothing renders himself incapable of doing any thing; but while we are executing any work, we are preparing and qualifying ourselves…

— William Hazlitt

When a man gets to despair he knows that all his thinking will never get him out. He will only get out by the…

— Oswald Chambers

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

Whoever wishes to make progress in perfection should use particular diligence in not allowing himself to be led away by his passions, which destroy…

— St. Vincent

The deepest form of despair is to choose to be another than himself.

— Soren Kierkegaard

“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it; he, on the…

— Jean de la Bruyere

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.

— Theodor Adorno

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

— Edmund Burke

There is a perennial nobleness, and even sacredness, in work. Were he never so benighted, forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope…

— Thomas Carlyle