Quotes by Despair I have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen, and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair. Charles Lamb scottish despair trying One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other. Charles Simic despair touching writing When you think of what you are, and despair; think also of what He is, and take heart. Charles Spurgeon despair heart thinking Great thoughts of your sin alone will drive you to despair; but great thoughts of Christ will pilot you into the haven of peace. Charles Spurgeon despair pilots christian Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair. Charles Spurgeon despair connections hands Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference. Charlie Chaplin despair indifference mind Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair. Charlie Pierce optimism despair optimistic I used to despair about the condition of the world, to feel a sense of hopelessness; now I find more and more that I need to focus on what I can do, however little it is, to help others. Chath Piersath despair focus helping-others It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair. Chinua Achebe load despair Despair is our chance to wrestle with fire and come through. Christina Baldwin despair fire inspirational Meaning drives us from despair to wonder, from confusion to clarity, from hesitance to confidence. And the only place to find meaning is in the importance of small things. Christina Baldwin despair confusion inspirational Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith. Christopher Fry despair comedy appreciation The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage. Christopher Hitchens despair moments And the pleasures and rewards of the intellect are inseparable from angst, uncertainty, conflict and even despair. Christopher Hitchens rewards despair conflict Oh, we are but soft and squishy bags of mortality rolling in a bin of sharp circumstance, leaking life until we collapse, flaccid, into our own despair. Christopher Moore bags rolling despair If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning. Chuck Palahniuk pits despair dark A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear. Clare Balding despair depth dark We are turning our prisons into living tombs, inhabited by doomed men living in everlasting blank despair. Clarence Darrow despair prison men There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too, have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it; I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate. Clarissa Pinkola Estes discouraged chairs despair I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair. Claude Monet good-man despair mistake «345678910111213»