Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them
Henry David Thoreau
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
Henry David Thoreau
We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.
Anthony Burgess
Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation
Thomas Merton
A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
Daisaku Ikeda
O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!
William Shakespeare
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
Henry David Thoreau
People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.
Jim Carrey
Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.
Vita Sackville-West
When things are desperate, there is no need to pretend that everything is beautiful.
Tenzin Gyatso
Despair makes victims sometimes victors.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton