Quotes about Despair

31 quotes about Despair

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs...

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.

Quote by Joseph Addison about despair

And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

Quote by Aeschylus about despair

The moments of despair - every writer knows.

The moments of despair - every writer knows.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about despair

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.

Quote by Albert Camus about despair

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to...

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about despair

Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about despair

Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was...

Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.

Quote by Eugen Ionescu about despair

Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the...

Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson about despair

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about despair

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.

Quote by Franz Kafka about despair

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't...

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Quote by Franz Kafka about despair

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and...

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about despair

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter...

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about despair

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?

Quote by Sorin Cerin about despair

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer...

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

Quote by Herbert George Wells about despair

There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner...

There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.

Quote by John Bunyan about despair

Come even though you have broken your vows a thousand...

Come even though you have broken your vows a thousand times, Come, and come yet again. Ours is not a caravan of despair.

Quote by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi about despair

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and...

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.

Quote by William Cowper about despair

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned...

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.

Quote by Hector Berlioz about despair

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like...

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

Quote by Haruki Murakami about despair

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