Quotes about Despair
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
— St. Augustine
Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
— Timothy Keller
Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
— Herman Melville
Without Christ there is no hope.
— Charles Spurgeon
What reinforcement we may gain from hope; If not, what resolution from despair.
— John Milton
Joy runs deeper than despair.
— Corrie Ten Boom
If the final decision for the salvation of fallen sinners were left in the hands of fallen sinners, we would despair all hope that anyone would be saved.
— RC Sproul
Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
— Martin Luther
Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the disposal of those who want to join this search but do not know how.
— Henri Nouwen
Hope is a willing slave; despair is free.
— Charles G. Dawes
I have learned that one cannot truly know hope unless he has found out how like despair hope is.
— Thomas Merton
Even in my despair, I knew in a vague way that the Bible held hope for me in its pages. I just didn't know where to begin.
— Joni Eareckson Tada