I'm dense when it comes to discouragement. — Lynn Abbey
Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people. — Mahatma Gandhi
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. — Noel Coward
Disappointment always arrives before hope and the darkness of night comes before the dawn. Don't lose hope now because things will brighter with the new day. — Henry Rollins
Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself. — Jaggi Vasudev
Faith must always pass the test of discouragement. — T. D. Jakes
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. — Thomas Hardy
The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement. — John Stott
Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm. — Murray Gell-Mann
Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives. — William Throsby Bridges
Unfortunately, pessimism is self-fulfilling. — Naval Ravikant
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma. — Joseph Joubert
Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening. — Sia Furler
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. — Saint Francis de Sales
I am profoundly in the D's - discouraged, depressed, disheartened, disgusted. — Alice Dunbar Nelson
No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can't dishearten it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A wretched disheartening result. And a little mouse shall lead them. — Hugh Dalton
I love the art form, but working in film can be a disheartening experience. — Madonna Ciccone
how poor and disheartening a thing is experience compared with hope! — Vita Sackville-West
Disheartening Image Quotes
Most Disheartening Quotes
Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening. — Willa Cather
Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given inappropriately. — Vincent de Paul
Among the most disheartening and dangerous of . . . advisors, you will often find those closest to you, your dearest friends, members of your own family, perhaps, loving, anxious, and knowing nothing whatever . . . — Minnie Maddern Fiske
Most old people ... are disheartened to be living in the ailing house of their bodies, to be limited physically and economically, to feel an encumbrance to others - guests who didn't have the good manners to leave when the party was over. — Barbara Walters
Disloyalty in trusted servants is one of the most disheartening things that can happen to a public performer. — Harry Houdini
The most disheartening tendency common among readers is to tear out one sentence from a work, as a criterion of the writer's ideas or personality. — Emma Goldman
The truth that seems discouraging does in reality only transform the courage of those strong enough to accept it; and, in any event, a truth that disheartens, because it is true, is still of far more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods. — Maurice Maeterlinck
Indecision is the most unsexy thing on the planet. I don't know if I'm sexy but I think decisiveness is sexy. I also lose trust and faith in them when I realise I'm a bit on my own and that's a very disheartening feeling. — Drew Barrymore
A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods. — Maurice Maeterlinck
My mother told me that everything in life happened for a purpose. She said all things were part of God's plan, even the most disheartening setbacks, and in the end, everything worked out for the best. — Ronald Reagan
Disheartening Life Quotes
Be not dishearten'd -- Affection shall solve the problems of Freedom yet; Those who love each other shall become invincible. — Walt Whitman
What if rather than being disheartened by the ambiguity, the uncertainty of life, we accepted it and relaxed into it? — Pema Chodron
"Then we are living in a place abandoned by God," I said, disheartened. "Have you found any places where God would have felt at home?" William asked me, looking down from his great height. — Umberto Eco
I walked away a little disheartened, thinking, 'Oh well. I came a long way to meet the Wizard of Oz, but I guess I won't. Such is life. — Anthony Kiedis
Feeling Of Freedom Quotes
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. — Jim Morrison
I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom.
It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes,
deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher. — Abdul Kalam
I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me. — Wilma Rudolph
The landscape affects the human psyche - the soul, the body and the innermost contemplations - like music. Every time you feel nature deeper you resonate better with her, finding new elements of balance and freedom. — Nikos Kazantzakis
Mindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom. You don't have to be swept away by your feeling. You can respond with wisdom and kindness rather than habit and reactivity. — Henepola Gunaratana
Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice. — Peter Benenson
A person who doesn't breathe deeply reduces the life of his body. If he doesn't move freely, he restricts the life of his body. If he doesn't feel fully, he narrows the life of his body. And if his self-expression is constricted, he limits the life of his body. — Alexander Lowen
What feels good is choice. Having the freedom of choice. — Bernard Arnault
Working in the context of ultra-famous brands like Dior and Vuitton, creative spirits are always going to feel reined in. It's important that they are free to develop ideas. — Bernard Arnault
When I Despair Quotes
In times of grief and sorrow I will hold you and rock you, and take your grief and make it my own. When you cry, I cry, and when you hurt, I hurt. And together we will try to hold back the floods to tears and despair and make it through the potholed street of life. — Nicholas Sparks
I shall never forget the despair and agony on the parents' faces on the awful day of the funeral when the 13 little children, victims not only of John D. Rockefeller, but of the government of the state of Colorado were buried. — Ella R. Bloor
I shall never forget the despair and agony on the parents' faces on the awful day of the funeral when the 13 little children, victims not only of John D. Rockefeller, but of the government of the state of Colorado were buried. — Ella Reeve Bloor
In deep confusion, in great despair, when I reach out for him, he is there. When I am lonely as I can be, then I know God shines his light on me. — Van Morrison
I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work. — Lee Iacocca
When despair for the world grows in me...
I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light.
For a time I rest in the grace of the world,
and am free. — Wendell Berry
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. — Mahatma Gandhi
I don't know what God is, or what God had in mind when the universe was set in motion. In fact, I don't know if God even exists, although I confess that I sometimes find myself praying in times of great fear, or despair, or astonishment at a display of unexpected beauty. — Jon Krakauer
When I arrived in Laos and found young Americans living there, out of free choice, I was surprised. After only a week, I began to have a sense of the appeal of the country and its people - along with despair about its future. — Noam Chomsky
People say you make your best work when in despair, but I think happiness is a good place to write from. — Paul Weller
In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: 'When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop being comforted by the sweet territory of silence?' — Angeles Arrien
At this unprecedented juncture in our history I have a word for you. Do not be disheartened by our temporary defeat ; be cheerful and optimistic. Above all, never lose your faith in the destiny of India. There is no power on earth which can keep India in bondage. India will be free and, that too, soon. JAl-HIND ! — Subhas Chandra Bose
If your enemies see that you grow courageous, and that you will neither be seduced by flatteries nor disheartened by the pains and trials of your journey, but rather are contented with them, they will grow afraid of you. — Henry Suso
As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their audience. — Sylvia Day
Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business. — Mike McCready
PESSIMISM- philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. — Ambrose Bierce
Choice is more than picking 'x' over 'y.' It is a responsibility to separate the meaningful and the uplifting from the trivial and the disheartening. It is the only tool we have that enables us to go from who we are today to who we want to be tomorrow. — Sheena Iyengar
A people fired ... with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events. But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible. — Abigail Adams
If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means. And if there is any one thing that is grinding and discouraging and disheartening, it is to have debts and obligations that one cannot meet. — Heber J. Grant
Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end. — Daisaku Ikeda
Its disheartening to read the really negative stuff, but at the same time, I know who I am, and Im comfortable with myself. — Austin Carlile
I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough about it to avoid being easily disheartened that way, you really should be doing something else. — Lawrence Block
Fearr imprisons, faith liberates; fear paralyzes, faith empowers; fear disheartens, faith encourages; fear sickens, faith heals; fear makes useless, faith also makes serviceable az quotes. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
However, I can’t be happy. I feel I can’t have that experience, I can’t assume I will have that experience. I’m free but feeling lonely and disheartened. I hope there’s happiness out there; besides the future is approaching and waiting for me. In the future, I will be a part of the world. I will finally live my life. — Natsuki Takaya
You are the drop,and the ocean you are kindness,you are anger, you are sweetness,you are poison. Do not make me more disheartened. you are the chamber of the sun, you are the abode of venus, you are the garden of all hope. Oh, Beloved, let me enter. — Rumi
When your way doesn't work, don't be disheartened. You must be willing to try another way. A closed door doesn't mean you have been cut off permanently. It is a challenge, an obstacle, a tool to be used. — Iyanla Vanzant
Choice is the only tool we have that enables us to go from who we are today to who we want to be tomorrow. — Sheena Iyengar
Don't allow yourself to become disheartened when the thread doesn't suit or seems unsightly to you. Wait and watch. Be patient and devoted. As the threads twist and turn, you will begin to understand, and you will see the pattern finally materialize in all its splendor. — Colleen Houck
Curiously enough, while very small people have a never-failing sense of their own importance, very great ones are often easily disheartened and put out of conceit with themselves. — Elizabeth Wordsworth
To hear the amount of hate that people have in the United States is disheartening. However, I still have hope that we have not reached the pinnacle. — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
As for the system of the Commune, which makes it impossible for a man to rise or fall, it is merely the old caste system revived; if it could be put into force, all industry would be disheartened, emulation would cease, and mankind would go to sleep. — William Winwood Reade
Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle. — William Ralph Inge
When someone has tried to please you, it is rude, as well as disheartening, to respond by announcing that the effort was a failure. — Judith Martin
I was only driven to be the best and it was very disheartening sometimes that it took me so long to start getting my voice heard. That certainly started with television, but it was never because of where I came from, it was because people saw something in me. — Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
It is instructive, although somewhat disheartening, for the ardent advocate of a purely scientific psychology to contrast the practice and theories of his colleagues with those of the students of the principal physical sciences. — George Trumbull Ladd
Don’t be disheartened when you didn’t get to be with the one you love. Sometimes you just have to accept the reality that the one you asked God for, asked God for somebody else. God is All-Knowing. He knows what you need. Trust His master plan. — Rita Zahara
Revolutionary politics, revolutionary art, and oh, the revolutionary mind, is the dullest thing on earth. When we open a revolutionary review, or read a revolutionary speech, we yawn our heads off. It is true, there is nothing else. Everything is correctly, monotonously, dishearteningly revolutionary. What a stupid word! What a stale fuss! — Wyndham Lewis
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