Quotes about despair
despair stoic grows
The Stoic assures us that what is happening now will happen over and over again. [If so, Providende would] ultimately grow weary through despair. Bertrand Russell
despair hope
Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.
despair madness nor yesterday
Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare; tomorrow's Silence, Triumph, or Despair: Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why: Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where Edward Fitzgerald
despair final lesson thoroughly volume
To be thoroughly conversant with a man's heart, is to take our final lesson in the iron-clasped volume of despair. Edgar Allan Poe
despair dream given illusion life love shield vanity
Nevertheless, love was given to us not only as fulfilment, as ideal, but as suffering, hopelessness, despair too. Is it all this the shield of this vanity called dream of our life or Illusion of Life?
despairing effect expression extent formal means people politics suspicious
I don't think that people are disinterested or uninterested in politics. I think very often they are disengaged from the formal political process. To some extent they are suspicious or even despairing of formal politics as a means to give expression and effect to what they want. John Bercow
despairing god knowledge man senseless suffer understanding
God will not suffer man to have a knowledge of things to come; for if he had prescience of his prosperity, he would be careless; and if understanding of his adversity, he would be despairing and senseless Saint Augustine
despair surrender never-surrender
Never despair. Never surrender. Alan Moore
despair load
It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair. Chinua Achebe
despair amusement boring
Il faut travailler sinon par go u" t, au moins par de sespoir, puisque, tout bien ve rifie , travailler est moins ennuyeux que s'amuser. We should work: if not by preference, at least out of despair. All things considered, work is less boring than amusement. Charles Baudelaire
despair boring amusing
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
despair infinity debauchery
Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity. Edmond de Goncourt
despair hope leads path stand today total utter wisdom
We stand today at a crossroads: One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other leads to total extinction. Let us hope we have the wisdom to make the right choice. Woody Allen
despair enmity
I will despair, and be at enmity With cozening hope. William Shakespeare
despair tongue speak
Discomfort guides my tongue And bids me speak of nothing but despair.
despair good moments overall
We wrestled pretty well the first round. We had some moments of despair, but overall we had a pretty good round.
despair storm september
The storm ate up September’s cry of despair, delighted at its mischief, as all storms are. Catherynne M. Valente
despair phrases dames
I tried to find a rhythm, and I stopped comparing myself to anybody else. One of the great phrases for me is "Compare and despair." If I compare myself to Kate Middleton or Dame Judi Dench, I'm going to come out at the bottom and be sad. Jamie Lee Curtis
despair christ
Faith in Christ is the only thing to save you from despair. C. S. Lewis
despair events surrender
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 want overcoming
He wants to see whether we are capable of overcoming out base instincts, of killing the Satan within ourselves. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that He loves us that much more ... Elie Wiesel
despair aviation get-up
When you get to know me, I don't despair - I just get up, clean up, and start again. Avi Arad
despair ruins presumption
Despair ruins some, presumption many. Benjamin Franklin
despair nadir ascent
Despair is good. Despair can be the nadir of one life and the starting point of an ascent into another, better one. Dean Koontz
despair moments
I did have my moments of despair. It was certainly not - it's not an experience I would like to have again. And then June came along. Edmund Hillary
despair doe circumstances
There are circumstances in which despair does not imply inactivity. Edmund Burke
despair duty
A speculative despair is unpardonable where it our duty to act.
despair rooms christ
Where Christ brings His cross He brings His presence; and where He is none are desolate, and there is no room for despair. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
despair depth reckless
Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
despair twins devotion
Despair the twin-born of devotion. Algernon Charles Swinburne
despair illusion cures
Despair is the only cure for illusion. Alexander Lowen
despair simplistic
If you're an advocate of gentleness, you're simplistic and naive. If you're an advocate of despair and hate, you're sophisticated. Leo Buscaglia
despair temperance teach
Teach hope to all, despair to none. Abraham Lincoln