Quotes of Gloom - somelinesforyou

“ Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. ”

- Herodotus

“ O Star-eyed Science! hast thou wandered there, to waft us home the message of despair? ”

- Thomas Campbell

“ Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Writing is not a profession, but a vocation of unhappiness. ”

- Georges Simenon

“ Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. ”

- Ambrose Bierce

“ Patience. A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. ”

- Ambrose Bierce

“ Unhappiness is in not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it. ”

- Don Herold

“ When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it always. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

“ Courts are not immune to the sadness and tragedy that a case represents. ”

- Jeffrey Miller

“ What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away? ”

- Logan Pearsall Smith

“ It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results. ”

- John Calvin

“ Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. ”

- Rollo May

“ There was a lot of tabloid journalism about my supposed sex addiction. Bullshit. It's all bullshit. I mean, come on, I never pretended to be a saint. But give me a break. ”

- Michael Douglas

“ What makes a hero truly great is that they never despair. ”

- Roy Thompson

“ Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention. ”

- Simone Weil

“ The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ I think he's really throwing down the gauntlet. It's a very bold move,... comes from despair and lack of hope. ”

- Bob Geldof

“ Faith in yourself will make despair disappear. ”

- Frank Tyger

“ No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure. ”

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

“ 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

“ They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ 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

“ Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will. ”

- Antonio Gramsci

“ Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it. ”

- Don Herold

“ We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair. ”

- Joseph Addison

“ When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair. ”

- Edward Young

“ God be prais'd, that to believing souls Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ It functions like an afterthought. We couldn't have designed a greater invitation to unhappiness. ”

- Newt Gingrich
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