Henri Nouwen
Theologian, Author
"Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness."
Desperation quotes
Desperation
56 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Mooji
Spiritual Teacher
"If you are curious, you will learn. If you are desperate, you will discover."
James Thurber
Cartoonist, Author
"Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation."
Tariq Ali
Author, Political Activist
"Desperation is the result of globalization."
Denis Waitley
Author, Motivational Speaker
"Better to seek change by inspiration, than out of desperation."
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"When they face desperation... human beings become animals."
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"Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly – all else is desperation."
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"Can it be that I have overlooked something, that there is something which I have failed to understand? Is it not possible that this state of despair is common to everyone?"
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"Creators care nothing for their systems except that they be unique."
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"Desperation can make a person do surprising things."
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"So how can I hold Tobias’s desperation against him, like I’m better than him, like I’ve never let my own brokenness blind me?"
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"Some-one called my style 'sense of urgency' guitar playing and I've always admitted I often don't know where I'm going when I solo. But that desperation is what makes it exciting."
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"He sobbed in desperation at the burden of fear he carried with him every day of his life."
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"Folly and desperation are ofttimes hard to tell apart."
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"I cling to my memories of glorious desperation."
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"I don't read books for pleasure, but in desperation."
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