Determination And Desperation Quotes

#1. Are you desperate or determined? With desperation comes frustration. With determination comes purpose, achievement, and peace ... .

James A. Murphy

#2. But Love is the final reality; and anyone who does not understand this, be he writer or sage, is a man flawed in wisdom.

Sheldon Vanauken

#3. There seems a general rule that, the more obviously one's work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it.

David Graeber

#4. Climbing in the Spirit is accompanied by kneeling, and not by running; by surrender, and not by determination. Despair of self leads to utter desperation; but beyond these mists lies the sunshine of God's presence.

V. Raymond Edman

#5. A lost spirit was never a soul but betrayed by
loving Evil.

Petra Hermans

#6. In Panama, I found a spider that eats its own limbs during lean times. I am told they grow back. But though the distinction is razor-thin, desperation is not the same thing as determination. Nevertheless, auto-cannibalism is one the most intriguing phenomenon I have ever heard of.

Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

#7. Poverty and desperation are the parents of ambition. (character Norm Woodruff)

Phil Valentine

#8. I have the same friends I've had for years and the same family. Unless you love rock n' roll and Hollywood parties and having your photo taken, I don't think necessarily things need to change too much.

Theo James

#9. he worked with great intensity without sparing himself, & he was respected for this, but no one liked him" --crime & punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#10. A little pure wildness is the one great present want, both of men and sheep.

John Muir

#11. Hope is determination, you think. Hope is desperation. Hope is a yearning you can't deny. And hope is just plain old-fashioned insanity.

Hal Duncan

#12. No one knows what path you should follow except yourself. You are your own wise teacher. You are your own Guru.

Grace G. Payge

#13. I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.

Nate Silver