Affliction comes to us all not to make us sad, but sober not to make us sorry, but wise not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us, as the night refreshes the day not to impoverish, but to enrich us, as the plough enriches the field.
Quotes about despondent (12 Quotes)
He was very despondent, upset during the conversation. At times, he talked of suicide. He also talked about making the SWAT team kill him.
According to her, she found out he wanted a divorce and no longer wanted to be with her or the children. She got on the bus and brought the kids back to De Queen. Over the next few weeks she became despondent and depressed and ultimately decided to take her life.
They conservatives thought they were going to get somebody who would just be full-bore, unadulterated, hard-charging conservative. And this group, they are really sore upset, they feel disillusioned, they feel despondent and some of them are livid. Now the question is, do they get over this or not
We didn't help ourselves with that many penalties. If you give field position to this team, it's hard work. It's not the first time this has happened to us but we're not too despondent. It was one of those nights and we will learn from it.
One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.
Instruct the women of the village in the basic principles of child health,chile-care and child training.When health fails, people become despondent and even desperate.
Despite the wayfarer's despondent themes, the symphony ultimately is a journey of triumph. It starts with the nothing less than the dawn of creation, depicted by an amorphous seven-octave A, the note to which orchestras tune. It is the tuning of the universe, ... It's as if at the beginning of the symphony God turns up the volume just a tiny bit.
Try to forget yourself in the service of others. For when we think too much of ourselves and our own interests, we easily become despondent. But when we work for others, our efforts return to bless us.
Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble.
I felt that we needed to do something. How can you have a capital city where people live in a despondent state of affairs, thinking that, 'Oh, God, everything is going downhill' So that has to turn into hope.
I thought we were despondent when we came out of that regular time, going into overtime and played like it the first three minutes, but we found some energy at the end.