The receding wave does not despair; it knows it will rise again.

Despair is an absence of will, not hope.

Who wouldn't live in utter despair if their sense of self depended entirely on the opinions of others?

Who wouldn't despair if their sense of self depended entirely on the opinions of others?

Despair is a refusal of reality.

Better outright despair than a cheap cynicism.

Hope not, despair not.. The human race is the human race. Nothing can be done about it.

Sometimes patience is hard to distinguish from despair.