Quotes and Sayings About Hopelessness
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False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness.
-- Abraham Maslow -
And all the time she felt the reflection of his hopelessness in her. She couldn't quite, quite love in hoplessness. And he, being hopeless, couldn't ever love at all.
-- D. H. Lawrence -
Answer hopelessness with a defiant smile and a raised middle finger.
-- Daniele BolelliSource : FaceBook post by Daniele Bolelli from Aug 12, 2014
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But Gregor understood easily that it was not only consideration for him which prevented their moving, for he could easily have been transported in a suitable crate with a few air holes; what mainly prevented the family from moving was their complete hopelessness and the thought that they had been struck by a misfortune as none of their relatives and acquaintances had ever been hit.
-- Franz Kafka -
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Why is the forecast so bland? Why instead of 'stormy' don't they just say the sea's 'a frothing maelstrom of terror and hopelessness'?
-- Jeremy Clarkson -
But difficult situations and wrong choices conspire to trap us in hopelessness.
-- Judah Smith -
The nice thing about true hopelessness is that you don't have to try again.
-- Jules Shear -
There is no lasting hope in violence, only temporary relief from hopelessness.
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr. -
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Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born,
-- Malala Yousafzai -
Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.
-- Margaret J. Wheatley -
Violence is anything that denies human integrity, and leads to hopelessness and helplessness.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr. -
I've seen that mixture of resignation and hopelessness before; its usually in my mirror.
-- Mira Grant -
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That feeling of hopelessness only serves your masters.
-- Mort SahlSource : Mort Sahl (1976). “Heartland”, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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I think some of that hopelessness of my generation got passed on to later generations - the sense of uselessness.
-- Patti Smith -
I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Just as I would swing into the abyss of hopelessness, the pendulum would swing back with some small goodness.
-- Ruta SepetysSource : Ruta Sepetys (2011). “Between Shades of Gray”, p.61, Penguin
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There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.
-- Sidney Poitier -
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Fear, fear, breeds hopelessness. When you're afraid, you don't know what to believe in, you don't know what to hold on to. You're struggling to find something to believe in.
-- Tavis Smiley -
The rosary is a weapon against depression and hopelessness.
-- Benedict Groeschel