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Definition of Desperation
Desperation

The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.

A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.

Related Definitions:
Abandonment, Act, Becoming, Despair, Despairing, Desperate, Extreme, Fury, Giving, Hope, Hopeless, Of, Or, Reckless, State, The, Up, Utter


Desperation Quotations

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Tony Robbins

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

Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation.
Thomas Merton

If I were a Roman Catholic, I should turn a heretic, in sheer desperation, because I would rather go to heaven than go to purgatory.
Charles Spurgeon

I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.
Jim Carrey

People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.
Jim Carrey

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.
Jim Carrey

The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition.
Henry Miller

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
Benjamin Disraeli

Desperation Translations

desperation in German is Verzweifelung, Verzweiflung


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