Despondent Quotes

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

H. G. Wells

Wise, Sorry, War

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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.

Therese of Lisieux

Soul, Enough

Saint Therese of Lisieux (2007). “The Story of the Soul”, p.146, Cosimo, Inc.

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Do not allow darkness and gloom to enter into your hearts. I want to give you a rule by which you may know that the spirit which you have is the right spirit. The Spirit of God produces cheerfulness, joy, light and good feelings. Whenever you feel gloomy and despondent and are downcast, unless it be for your sins, you may know it is not the Spirit of God which you have. Fight against it and drive it out of your heart. The Spirit of God is a spirit of hope; it is not a spirit of gloom.

George Q. Cannon

Inspirational, God, Hope

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We wait for the fulfillment of our desires. We wait with hope, apathy, resignation, belief. We become despondent, elated. We wait

Frederick Lenz

Waiting, Suffering, Desire

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One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

Euripides

Trying, Doe, Racist

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I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.

Alexander McCall Smith

Might, This Life, Enjoy

"National Book Festival: 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' Novelist Alexander McCall Smith". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. September 19, 2008.

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Just remember, without discipline, a clear strategy, and a concise plan, the speculator will fall into all the emotional pitfalls of the market - jump from one stock to another, hold a losing position too long, and cut out of a winner too soon, for no reason other than fear of losing profit. Greed, Fear, Impatience, Ignorance, and Hope will all fight for mental dominance over the speculator. Then, after a few failures and catastrophes the speculator may become demoralised, depressed, despondent, and abandon the market and the chance to make a fortune from what the market has to offer.

Jesse Lauriston Livermore

Fall, Ignorance, Cutting

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I'm so despondent about everything. Everything I try goes totally wrong. There's no escape from this hole here. I feel drained. So far, I still haven't found a real purpose in life. Sometimes, I'm afraid to get out of bed in the morning. There's nothing to get up for.

Joseph Goebbels

Morning, Real, Trying

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Only you know your circumstances, your energy level, the needs of your children, and the emotional demands of your other obligations. Be wise during intensive seasons of your life. Cherish your agency, and don’t give it away casually. Don’t compare yourself to others — nearly always this will make you despondent. Don’t accept somebody else’s interpretation of how you should be spending your time. Make the best decision you can and then evaluate it to see how it works.

Chieko N. Okazaki

Wise, Children, Emotional

Chieko N. Okazaki (1993). “Lighten Up!”, Deseret Book Company

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Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Kindness, Sometimes, Praise

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What I am trying to teach is that when we keep the temple covenants we have made and when we live righteously in order to maintain the blessings promised by those ordinances, then come what may, we have no reason to worry or to feel despondent.

Richard G. Scott

Blessing, Order, Worry

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If you haven’t already clearly defined your values, you may find yourself making choices that conflict with what you want. If, for example, honesty is a big thing for you, but you hang out with liars, there’s a conflict. When your actions conflict with your values, you’ll end up unhappy, frustrated, and despondent. In fact, psychologists tell us that nothing creates more stress than when our actions and behaviors aren’t congruent with our values.

Darren Hardy

Honesty, Liars, Stress

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We should never become despondent because the weather is bad, nor should we turn triumphalist because the sun shines.

Thabo Mbeki

Weather, Shining, Sun

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God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent.

Henry Ward Beecher

Hope, Men, Order

Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Lectures to young men, on various important subjects”, p.314

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Do not be despondent when fighting against the incorporeal enemy, but even in the midst of your afflictions and oppression praise the Lord, Who has found you worthy to suffer for Him, by struggling against the subtlety of the serpent, and to be wounded for Him at every hour; for had you not lived piously, and endeavored to become united to God, the enemy would not have attacked and tormented you.

John of Kronstadt

Christian, Struggle, Fighting

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Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble.

Kin Hubbard

Literature, Trouble, Grew

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Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us

Henry Ward Beecher

Wise, Sorry, Failure

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In these strenuous times, we are likely to become morbid and look constantly on the dark side of life, and spend entirely too much time considering and brooding over what we can't do, rather than what we can do, and instead of growing morose and despondent over opportunities either real or imaginary that are shut from us, let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer and upon which there is no color line; simply the survival of the fittest.

George Washington Carver

Success, Real, Dark

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Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, little denials of self, little inward victories, by faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph, no spiritual maturity. That is the work of the moment.

Amy Carmichael

Spiritual, Taken, Maturity

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The Qur'an does not ask for human perfection, but rather
asks that we persevere in striving for self-improvement and that we never
become complacent or despondent about our progress.

Jeffrey Lang

Self, Perfection, Progress

Jeffrey Lang (1997). “Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America”

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You've been complaining, you've been depressed, you've been despondent. But take off those garments of heaviness and put back on your garments of praise. I didn't come when you thought I was going to come, but I'm going to be right on time.

Paula White

Complaining, Praise, Garments

Source: culteducation.com

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When we are weakest and most despondent, Jesus is most considerate. When there is a break in our progress or we have a spell of depression, he sees the whole of our lives and in the light of that He is longsuffering with discordant details.

Vance Havner

Christian, Jesus, Light

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Clinically speaking, depression is a pessimistic sense of your own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy.

Jane McGonigal

Energy, Pessimistic, Capability

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If Im diagnosed with cancer I might become despondent, but someone young might not, and they might need connections with somebody outside their circle of family because their family is so despondent.

Gus Van Sant

Cancer, Circles, Connections

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Do not blame any supernatural being, neither be hopeless and despondent, nor think we are in a place from which we can never escape unless someone comes and lends us a helping hand.

Swami Vivekananda

Thinking, Hands, Supernatural Beings

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.44, editionNEXT.com

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