Quotes by Despair When you get to know me, I don't despair - I just get up, clean up, and start again. Avi Arad clean aviation despair At some point I just acknowledged, at least to myself, that I had a great deal of respect for people of faith. Faith is a strange and wonderful thing. You come up to a kind of wall of unknowing and instead of turning back in despair you leap over it into something else. The Church isn't why I'm a writer, but it's probably a part of it. Ayana Mathis despair wall people Most writers spend their lives standing a little apart from the crowd, watching and listening and hoping to catch that tiny hint of despair, that sliver of malice, that makes them think, 'Aha, here is the story.' Ayelet Waldman despair listening thinking Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair-or the height of a battle against boredom. B. F. Skinner boredom despair battle To the extent that I had come to understand that despair does not necessarily result in annihilation, that one can go on as usual in spite of it, I had become hardened. Was this what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities? I didn't like it, but it made it easier to go on. Banana Yoshimoto despair adults mean Men, however, shouldn't despair. They are excellent at identifying and imitating animal sounds, which would have been a significant advantage for the ancient hunter. Sadly, that's not quite as much use today. Barbara Pease despair animal men The story and study of the past, both recent and distant, will not reveal the future, but it flashes beacon lights along the way and it is a useful nostrum against despair. Barbara Tuchman despair light past Love and despair go hand in hand. Barry Hannah hand-in-hand despair hands Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair. Bell Hooks despair political struggle Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair. Bell Hooks despair causes loneliness Art has to offer something other than stylized despair. Ben Lerner offers despair art Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret. Ben Okri despair secret beautiful Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers. Benito Mussolini despair numbers men Despair is the conclusion of fools. Benjamin Disraeli despair fool doubt Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon. Benjamin Disraeli despair midnight twilight Industry pays debts, while despair increases them. Benjamin Franklin debt despair business Despair ruins some, presumption many. Benjamin Franklin presumption ruins despair Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues, are happy if others can be depressed to a level of themselves. Benjamin Franklin despair pain character If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, at the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter. Nor will the bailiff or the constable enter, for industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them. Benjamin Franklin despair organization house Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope. Bernard Berenson cry despair hope «1234567891011»