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.
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Desperation Quotations
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
Henry David Thoreau
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Tony Robbins
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
Henry David Thoreau
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
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
Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation.
Thomas Merton
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
William S. Burroughs
Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
James Thurber
Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
Benjamin Disraeli
The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it.
Jean Baudrillard
Desperation Translations
desperation in German is Verzweifelung, Verzweiflung
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