16 Quotes About Hopelessness

There are times in our lives when we feel hopeless, not because we lack resources or opportunities, but because life is difficult. Sometimes the road before us is like a maze with no end, but there are ways to navigate it through careful thought and careful action. The best way to find hope, inspiration, and happiness in these times is to remember that things are not always as bad as they seem. Here are some quotations to inspire hope in your darkest hours.

Love demands everything, they say, but my love demands only...
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Love demands everything, they say, but my love demands only this: that no matter what happens or how long it takes, you`ll keep faith in me, you`ll remember who we are, and you`ll never feel despair. Ann Brashares
We didn’t believe in tomorrow. We we couldn’t forget what...
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We didn’t believe in tomorrow. We we couldn’t forget what had happened yesterday. Vladislav Tamarov
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. Tis some visitor, " I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door – Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; – vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow – sorrow for the lost Lenore –For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore – Nameless here for evermore. And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me – filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door –Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; – This it is, and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, Sir, " said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you"– here I opened wide the door; – Darkness there, and nothing more. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore! " – Merely this, and nothing more. Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before. Surely, " said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice: Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore –Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore; – 'Tis the wind and nothing more." Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore; Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door –Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door – Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore. Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou, " I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore –Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore! " Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."Much I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning– little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blest with seeing bird above his chamber door –Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as "Nevermore. Edgar Allan Poe
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The pursuit of happiness seems worthwhile only because of the chase. You love it only if you don’t realize you’re never going to catch up. Bryan Way
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Shhh, ” Mr. Winston whispered into her hair. “It’s going to be okay. It’s going to be okay.” He said it over and over again, just as the boy had done when she was at her most helpless. He rocked her with each stanza of the hypnotic prayer, and she melted into his arms, letting him be her strength as she cried into his chest.“ I couldn’t keep her, ” she finally mustered, wiping her nose against his scratchy flannel. “Shhh…” he repeated. He kissed the top of her head and then stood. With surprising strength, the elderly man lifted her as if she weighed nothing, bringing her to the car. He opened the car door with one hand, sat her in the front seat, and then buckled her in like she was a child. Exhausted, Maddie didn’t fight him or try to do it on her own. She needed someone else to be in charge for a while. She needed to be taken care of. Crissi Langwell
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We began our hospital visits: one day Susan, one day me, everyday The Big Hoom. On one of these visits, she told me about the tap that opened at my birth and the lack drip filling her up, and it tore a hole in my heart. If this was what she could manage with a single sentence, what did thirsty years of marriage do to The Big Hoom? Jerry Pinto
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If you have ever felt hopeless hang on The night you’re enduring may seem long but there is joy coming in the morning. Incredible changes are going to take place in your life as you begin to relinquish your past and renew your present. Sue Augustine
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[asked if his suicide attempt was a cry for help] No. I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe that there's help to cry for. Wentworth Miller
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Days, weeks, months, years, " said the boy. "Minutes and hours and seconds. I don't know about any of those things. Tim Bowler
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What in the name of reason does this nation expect of a people, poorly trained and hard pressed in severe economic competition, without political rights, and with ludicrously inadequate common-school facilities? What can it expect but crime and listlessness, offset here and there by the dogged struggles of the fortunate and more determined who are themselves buoyed by the hope that in due time the country will come to its senses? . W.E.B. Du Bois
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Hopelessness is the catalyst that inspires men to action and demand justice. Fred Munoz
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The master says it’s a glorious thing to die for the Faith and Dad says it’s a glorious thing to die for Ireland and I wonder if there’s anyone in the world who would like us to live. Frank McCourt
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«Couldn't never be nothin' but a nigger, if I was ever so good, » said Topsy. «If I could be skinned, and come white, I'd try then.» Harriet Beecher Stowe
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You must never travel on the road of hopelessness because that road is deprived of any kind of light! Mehmet Murat Ildan
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Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it? James Patterson