Capability Quote by Thomas Carlyle

“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

There is nothing that will add depth to despair like the feeling of deserving it

— David Levithan

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

— Anonymous

What reinforcement we may gain from hope; If not, what resolution from despair.

— John Milton

I am of the opinion, and even more so the older I get, that it is more difficult to have hope than it is…

— Colum McCann

You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.

— Rohinton Mistry

“When we have reached the depths of despair, only then can we look up and see the light of hope.”

— Stephen Richards

Despair exaggerates not only our misery but also our weakness.

— Luc de Clapiers

“Our measure of hope is in direct proportion to our ability to conquer hopelessness.”

— LeeAnn Taylor

We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I can endure my own despair, but not another's hope.

— William Walsh

Hope, like despair, is something of a distraction: it gets in the way of a clear view of the horizon.

— Paul Kingsnorth