Defeat Quote by Norman Cousins

The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling.

— Norman Cousins

As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to…

— Alain de Botton

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 the absolute extreme of self-love. It is reached when a person deliberately turns his back on all help from anyone else in…

— Thomas Merton

Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows…

— Pierre Charron

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

— Irvin D. Yalom

“Being in despair is the worst thing you can do when facing problems in life. Realistically, your problems will not be solved by others.…

— Eraldo Banovac

Despair often breeds disease.

— Sophocles

Despair makes a despicable figure, and descends from a mean original. 'Tis the offspring of fear, of laziness and impatience; it argues a defect…

— Jeremy Collier

For many in our high-paced world, despair is not a moment; it is a way of life.

— Ravi Zacharias

Despair leads to boredom, electronic games, computer hacking, poetry and other bad habits.

— Edward Abbey