Able Quote by Oriah Dreamer

There are circumstances in which despair does not imply inactivity.

— Edmund Burke

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

— Flannery O'Connor

When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair, there…

— Anonymous

Be not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake, and find…

— Swami Vivekananda

Do not despair of your life. You have force enough to overcome your obstacles.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Immobilization: A state, however mild or serious, in which you are not functioning at the level that you would like to. If feelings lead…

— Wayne W. Dyer

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

— Naomi Wallace

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

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

— Norman Cousins

The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

— Anonymous

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable,

— Joe Biden

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

— Rollo May