Despair Quotes

Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

As the plane got closer to Miami, I had this terrible feeling he was dying. Maybe he was telling me that he was going. I felt anger, panic, despair and helplessness.

When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity.

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.

When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.

No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.

Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.

Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought.

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.