Hopeless Quotes - Page 28

• Of Course God does not consider you hopeless. If He did, He would not be moving you to seek Him (and He obviously is)... Continue seeking Him with seriousness. Unless He wanted you, you would not be wanting Him.

  C. S. Lewis

  Moving, Doe, Wanted

  C. S. Lewis (2009). “The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy, 1950 - 1963”, p.127, Harper Collins

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• On Pride: This sickness is most dangerous when it succeeds in looking like humility. When a proud man thinks he is humble his case is hopeless.

  Thomas Merton

  Spiritual, Humble, Humility

  Thomas Merton (1962). “Seeds of contemplation”

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• I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.

  Shirley Chisholm

  Running, Odds, Voice

  "The Good Fight". Book by Shirley Chisholm, 1973.

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• Life . . . is a joyful expression of love, praise and thanksgiving instead of a hopeless struggle which eventually ends in death. Giving thanks in every circumstance, we forego the logic and reason which asks, "Why me?" and open our hearts and learn to trust. Every obstacle becomes an occasion for rejoicing. We put love at the center of our universe and we are lifted beyond the world of limitation, doubt, and fear into the realm of love, hope, and eternal happiness.

  Robert Scheid

  Life, Struggle, Learning

  Robert Scheid (1980). “Beyond the Love Game”

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• I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless.

  Whitney M. Young

  Thinking, Voice, Moments

  "Independent Lens (The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights)". TV Series, www.imdb.com. February 18, 2013.

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• I get a little cranky with the whole business about kids not having attention spans. This reminds me of the usual business of thinking that the next generation is hopeless. Every generation has said that about every younger generation.

  Robin McKinley

  Kids, Thinking, Next

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• This generation has a responsibility to reshape the world. Start the task even if it will not be fulfilled in your lifetime. Even if it seems hopeless now, never give up. Offer a positive vision, with enthusiasm and joy, and an optimistic outlook.

  Dalai Lama

  Giving Up, Optimistic, Responsibility

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• it will be objected that a constantly increasing population makes resistance and conservation a hopeless battle. this is true. unless a way is found to stabilize the nation's population, the parks can not be saved. or anything else worth a damn. wilderness preservation, like a hundred other good causes, will be forgotten under the overwhelming pressure of a struggle for mere survival and sanity in a completely urbanized, completely industrialized, ever more crowded environment. for my own part i would rather take my chances in a thermonuclear war than live in such a world.

  Edward Abbey

  War, Struggle, Survival

  Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• I keep feeling that people are becoming less human and more animalistic. They seem to think less and feel less so that everyone is operating on a very primitive level. I wonder what you and I will see in our lifetimes. It seems so hopeless yet we must keep on trying ... I guess we can't escape being a product of the times, can we?

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Thinking, People, Feelings

  FaceBook post by Bret Easton Ellis from Feb 15, 2013

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• My neck and shoulders are killing me. Hard to focus on writing about murder, doom, shagging, our hopeless future & other comedy etc etc.

  Warren Ellis

  Writing, Focus, Etc

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• Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.

  Euripides

  Not Giving Up, Hopelessness, Wrinkle In Time

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• She thought it was part of the hardship of her life that there was laid upon her the burthen of larger wants than others seemed to feel – that she had to endure this wide hopeless yearning for that something, whatever it was, that was greatest and best on this earth.

  George Eliot

  Hardship, Earth, Want

  George Eliot (2016). “The Mill On The Floss”, p.331, George Eliot

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• Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful. In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Heart, Light, Flames

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• And when I think about that, I think that if nothing but being married will help a man, he's durn nigh hopeless.

  William Faulkner

  Men, Thinking, Helping

  William Faulkner (1954). “The Best of Faulkner”

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• I was no Cherokee. I was no warrior. I was nobody special. I was just a girl, scared and angry. When I saw myself in Daddy Glen's eyes, I wanted to die. No, I wanted to be already dead, cold and gone. Everything felt hopeless. He looked at me and I was ashamed of myself. It was like sliding down an endless hole, seeing myself at the bottom, dirty, ragged, poor, stupid.

  Dorothy Allison

  Girl, Stupid, Dirty

  Dorothy Allison (2005). “Bastard Out of Carolina: A Novel”, p.192, Penguin

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• Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar

  Oscar Wilde

  Giving, Ignorant, Listening

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.28, Prestwick House Inc

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• I'm a hopeless fu**ing romantic. That's a part of me that a lot of people don't know about. They know everything there is to know about another part of me, but not a thing about my heart.'- Tommy Lee

  Tommy Lee

  Heart, People, Knows

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• ...its a rather pleasant change when all your life you've had people looking after you, to have someone to look after yourself. Only of course it has to be someone pretty hopeless to need looking after by me.

  Evelyn Waugh

  People, Needs, Looks

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• Your life is in your hands. No matter where you are now, no matter what has happened in your life,you can begin to consciously choose your thoughts, and you can change your life.There is no such thing as a hopeless situation.Every single circumstance of your life can change!

  Rhonda Byrne

  Hands, Matter, Life Is

  Rhonda Byrne (2012). “THE MAGIC”, p.231, Simon and Schuster

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• If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose.

  Rick Warren

  Purpose, Wonderful, Happens

  Rick Warren (2011). “What on Earth Am I Here For? Purpose Driven Life”, p.15, Harper Collins

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• As long as you think that the cause of your problem is "out there" - as long as you think that anyone or anything is responsible for your suffering - the situation is hopeless. It means that you are forever in the role of victim, that you’re suffering in paradise.

  Byron Katie

  Mean, Thinking, Long

  "Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life". Book by Byron Katie, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 7, 2002.

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• We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreperably broken.

  John Green

  Hope, Teenage, Alaska

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.161, Penguin

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• Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Letting Go, Struggle, Giving

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• No matter how dark and hopeless a situation might seem, never stop praying.

  Billy Graham

  Dark, Might, Matter

  Twitter post from Apr 14, 2015

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