24 Quotes About Despondency

Who hasn’t succumbed to a hopeless feeling more powerful than all the strength one might possibly muster, wondering how many first steps will have to be taken, how many actions performed and words spoken, how many labyrinths will have to be negotiated in order, finally, to reach the moment at which reality begins to happen.

Professing not to care is a primordial defense mechanism. Whenever a person finds oneself mired in failure and despondency, rebelling is a viable option to preserve false personal pride.

No matter how hard I tried, my legs had turned to stone and night fell upon me that instant. No stars were out. No moon, just blackness...

A knock on my office door interrupted the despondency of my broodings. “Come in!” I called, removing the countenance I currently wore for a friendlier one.

Don't regret your despondency in the shadows of evil, for the good light never did anything to erase your misery.

Temptation is not his (Satan's) strongest weapon. Despair is.

Mrs Maclintick's dissatisfaction with life had probably reached so advanced a stage that she was unable to approach any new event amiably, even when proffered temporary alleviation of her own chronic spleen.

One editor during the Civil War got a grievous message to meet his brothers corpse, only to find out that the telegraph operator had garbled the message to meet his living brother's CORPS.

There was, however, a difference between his mood and that of the rest of the cabinet. They felt desperate; he felt challenged.