“ Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. ”
- Pythagoras- Copy
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“ Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will. ”
- Clint Eastwood- Copy
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“ Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair. ”
- Sir William Blake- Copy
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“ It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. ”
- Harry S.Truman- Copy
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“ Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ My problem is that I don't get the same exhilaration from success as I get depression from failure. ”
- Steve Martin- Copy
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“ Consider what God can do, and you will never despair of success. ”
- Thomas Wilson- Copy
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“ More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly. ”
- Woody Allen- Copy
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“ Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back. ”
- Unknown- Copy
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“ They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Discomfort guides my tongue And bids me speak of nothing but despair. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Pessimism is as American as apple pie. Frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese. ”
- George F. Will- Copy
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“ Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense. ”
- Robert Frost- Copy
- 3.9K
“ You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from making nests in your hair. ”
- Confucius- Copy
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“ Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious cycle of poverty, despair, and hopelessness. ”
- Benjamin L. Hooks- Copy
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“ I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement. ”
- Francis Ford Coppola- Copy
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“ Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives. ”
- Chuck Palahniuk- Copy
- 1.6K
“ I sort of got into Westerns... It was a sort of desperation move, really. I had several pictures that didn't go very well, and I just realized that I would have to try something else. ”
- James Stewart- Copy
- 3.4K
“ Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination. ”
- Andre Gide- Copy
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