Affair Quote by Samuel Johnson

Despair is infidelity and death.

— John Greenleaf Whittier

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

The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage.

— Christopher Hitchens

Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail.

— Henry David Thoreau

“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, when not the response to absolute physical and moral defeat is, like war, the failure of imagination.

— Adrienne Rich

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness.

— Anonymous

“Despair can come from deep grief, but it can also be a defense against the risks of bitter disappointment and shattering heartbreak. Resignation and…

— Desmond Tutu

“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

Finding permanent and universal causes for misfortune is the practice of despair...

— Martin Seligman

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

— Rollo May

In spite of despair, hope must exist. In spite of suffering, humanity must prevail. And in spite of all the differences in the world,…

— Elie Wiesel