Confidence Quote by Rebecca Solnit

“Despair is a form of certainty, certainty that the future will be a lot like the present or will decline from it; despair is…

— Rebecca Solnit

“Despair is for people who know, beyond any doubt, what the future is going to bring. Nobody is in that position. So despair is…

— Patrick Curry

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

“Despair demands less of us, it’s more predictable, and in a sad way safer. Authentic hope requires clarity—seeing the troubles in this world—and imagination,…

— Rebecca Solnit

“The specific character of despair is precisely this: it is unaware of being despair.”

— Soren Kierkegaard

A positive future cannot emerge from the mind of anger of despair

— Dalai Lama

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

“Despair wishes their hope diminishes.”

— Sherina Gandia

“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

“Despair itself can be hopeful if it is honest.”

— Peter Kreeft

“Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.”

— Vladimir Lenin

“Despair is the fuel of terrorism, and hope is the fuel of civilization, so we have to put more hope into the world than…

— Eddie Izzard