No Hope Quotes - Page 10

• Better to be an optimist who gets disappointed than a pessimist who has no hope.

  Robin Sharma

  Pessimist, Optimist, Disappointed

  Twitter post from Feb 02, 2017

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• Is there no hope? the sick man said, The silent doctor shook his head, And took his leave with signs of sorrow, Despairing of his fee to-morrow.

  John Gay

  Men, Doctors, Medicine

  Fables (Series 1), Fable 27

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• Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem - (Latin - written 19 BC)
  The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.

  Virgil

  Latin, Doomed, Written

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• Until we lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.

  Henry Miller

  Self Control, Conformity, Restraint

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• Now: For those of you who are lazy I can offer no hope: death will not bring you an eternal resting place. You may rest, if this is your wish, for a while. Not only must you use your abilities after death, however, but you must face up to yourself for those that you did not use during your previous existence.

  Seth

  Lazy, Wish, Use

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• But if a few awake, you can't say there is no hope of destroying the iron house.

  Lu Xun

  Iron, House, Destroying

  Lu Xun (2015). “Diary of a Madman and Other Stories”, p.131, Lu Xun

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• You accept that this civilisation could be abolished and life will begin later on after a few thousand years because that is something that has happened in the history of this planet. When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair there is no hope.

  Nhat Hanh

  Years, Despair, Calm

  "Zen and the art of protecting the planet" by Jo Confino, www.theguardian.com. August 26, 2010.

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• The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.

  William Hazlitt

  Hope, Self Esteem, People

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• My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Ideas, People, Giving

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• The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help they have no hope.

  Russell Brand

  Drinking, Addiction, Alcohol

  "My life without drugs" by Russell Brand, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2013.

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• Until recently, over 98 percent of teachers just got one word of feedback: Satisfactory. If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was 'satisfactory,' I would have no hope of ever getting better.

  Bill Gates

  Teacher, Educational, Bridges

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• As long as you say there is no hope, then there will be no hope, but if you go down and take a stance, then there will be hope.

  Asmaa Mahfouz

  Long, Down And, Stance

  "Women of the revolution" by Fatma Naib, www.aljazeera.com. February 19, 2011.

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• People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Law, People, Enemy

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• Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Hope, Selfish

  1814 Mansfield Park, ch.7.

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• To obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual-it must be equal also....There can be no hope that either will yield more than it gets in return.

  John Marshall

  Yield, Return, Compromise

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• God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart. When you are so weak that you cannot do much more than cry, you coin diamonds with both your eyes. The sweetest prayers God ever hears are the groans and sighs of those who have no hope in anything but his love.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Wise, Prayer, Heart

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• When you are behind bars with no hope of release, you need to find strength wherever you can. Personally, I found strength in Michael Jackson.

  Nelson Mandela

  Needs, Bars, Finding Strength

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• We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore every form of philosophy, every form of theological concept, is merely an escape from the actual reality of what is. All outward forms of change brought about by wars, revolutions, reformations, laws and ideologies have failed completely to change the basic nature of man and therefore of society.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Death, Atheist, Philosophy

  "Freedom From The Known" by Jiddu Krishnamurti, 1969.

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• It has been a woman's task throughout history to go on believing in life when there was almost no hope.

  Margaret Mead

  Women, Believe, Tasks

  "The spirit of Houston: the First National Women's Conference, Vol. 84". Book by Mim Kelber (p. 153), 1978.

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• Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

  Moliere

  Cities, Paris, Culture

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• Like children, the elders are a burden. But unlike children, they offer no hope or promise. They are a weight and an encumbrance and a mirror of our own mortality. It takes a person of great heart to see past this fact and to see the wisdom the elders have to offer, and so serve them out of gratitude for the life they have passed on to us.

  Kent Nerburn

  Gratitude, Children, Heart

  Kent Nerburn (2014). “Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love”, p.203, New World Library

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• Love by its presence, like God by His, makes everything not necessarily clear or right or even good, but acceptable. Whereas in its absence, as in His, there is no hope.

  Virgilia Peterson

  Absence, Clear, Acceptable

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• Life must be lived with courage, with climbing and risks, else there is no happiness, no hope, no true success, no future.

  Jeanette Lee

  Life, Climbing, Risk

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• Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inseparable, Without Hope, Hopes And Fears

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• An India prostrate at the feet of Europe can give no hope to humanity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Europe, Feet, Giving

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.21, Rajpal & Sons

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