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“He wants to see whether we are capable of overcoming out base instincts, of killing the Satan within ourselves. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that He loves us that much more.”

Ifs Want Despair Capable Overcoming Instinct Killing Satan

Book:Night

Source: Night

“Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated; and we may promote the invigoration of faint endeavors, by showing what has already been performed.”

May Despair Overcoming Endeavor Defeated Idleness Timidity

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

“Let me do my work each day, and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times.”

Ifs May Hours Forget Despair Overcoming Let Me Each Day Desperation Desolation

Book:The Desiderata of Happiness

Source: The Desiderata of Happiness

“Can you go a whole day with joy in your heart? Joy and vitality are an inseparable combination. Joy is not concerned with having fun; it is an inner spiritual quality that overcomes despair, pain and defeat. You cannot turn on joy like an electric light, but you can prepare yourself to receive it.”

Source: The joy of living: inspiring and practical writings ...

“The death anxiety of many people is fueled ... by disappointment at never having fulfilled their potential. Many people are in despair because their dreams didn't come true, and they despair even more that they did not make them come true. A focus on this deep dissatisfaction is often the starting point in overcoming death anxiety.”

People Dream Focus Despair Anxiety Overcoming Starting Disappointment Fulfilled Dissatisfaction Starting Point

Author:Irvin D. Yalom

“I believe that a person should take an affirmative outlook. There are always problems in life, old and new, uncertainties, and unexpected contingencies. The optimal way to deal with this is not to give up in despair, but to move ahead using the best intelligence and resources that we have to overcome adversity.”

“Never give in, never surrender, Never allow despair to overcome your spirit.”

Giving Spirit Despair Overcoming Surrender Never Surrender Never Give In

Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being an outcast in her society because she was disabled, to someone who picked herself from that despair and elevated herself within that community, and now that society accepting her as much as they formerly rejected her. People identified with that journey, overcoming an obstacle, but still triumphing.”

People Thinking Stills Stories Community Accepting Path Journey Special Subjects Despair Overcoming Obstacles Titles Classic Rejected Prudence Disabled Outcast Life Path

Author:Roger Ross Williams

“I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now.”

“These really are our days, and we can prevail and overcome, even in the midst of trends that are very disturbing. If we are faithful the day will come when those deserving pioneers and ancestors, whom we rightly praise for having overcome the adversities in the wilderness trek, will praise today’s faithful for having made their way successfully through a desert of despair and for having passed through a cultural wilderness, while still keeping the faith.”

Ifs Way Made Stills Today Despair Overcoming Praise Adversity Desert Faithful Midst Wilderness Trends Ancestor Disturbing Pioneers Deserving Keep The Faith Lds

Author:Neal A. Maxwell

“I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptation. It is not serious, provided self-offended petulance, annoyance at breaking records, impatience, etc., don't get the upper hand. No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep picking ourselves up each time...The only fatal thing is to lose one's temper and give up.”

Ifs Knows Giving Self Hands Happiness Fall Loses Records Serious Amount Despair Giving Up Overcoming Temptation Etc Temper Offended Impatience Annoyance Upper Hand Petulance

Author:C. S. Lewis

“A man's age is something impressive, it sums up his life: maturity reached slowly and against many obstacles, illnesses cured, griefs and despairs overcome, and unconscious risks taken; maturity formed through so many desires, hopes, regrets, forgotten things, loves. A man's age represents a fine cargo of experience and memories.”

“Then Arjuma saw in both armies fathers, grandfathers, sons, grandsons; fathers of wives, uncles, masters; brothers companions and friends. . . . When Arjuna thus saw his kinsmen face to face in both lines of battle, he was overcome by grief and despair and thus he spoke with a sinking heart.”

Heart Faces Father Lines Grief Saws Wife Son Brother Masters Battle Despair Overcoming Army Spokes Companion Grandfather Uncles Face To Face Sinking Grandson Arjuna

Author:Juan Mascaro