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We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth New Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to Major General Philip Schuyler, Jul. 15, 1777
Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
AMBROSE BIERCE, The Devil's Dictionary
The Disappointment of Manhood succeeds to the delusion of Youth: let us hope that the heritage of Old Age is not Despair.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI, Vivian Grey
He who has never hoped can never despair.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, Caesar and Cleopatra
We are not, however, a species that can choose the baggage with which we must travel. In spite of our best intentions, we always find that we have brought along a suitcase or two of darkness and despair.
Despair is good. Despair can be the nadir of one life and the starting point of an ascent into another, better one.
In the belly of Leviathan ... one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.
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