Victor Hugo Quotes

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

I’d always enjoyed life, and I knew I would again. But I was going to have to slog through a lot of bad patches to get there

O soul, be patient: thou shalt find A little matter mend all this; Some strain of music to thy mind, Some praise for skill not spent amiss.

Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.

When there's no sign of hope in the desert, so much hope still lives inside despair. Heart, don't kill that hope.

Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear.

In the belly of Leviathan ... one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.

Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.

Life, that can shower you with so much splendour, is unremittingly cruel to those who have given up.

Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair.

I look back on tremendous efforts & exhaustion & dismal looking out of a tent door on to a dismal world of snow and vanishing hopes - & yet, & yet, & yet there have been a good many things to see the other side.

What is courage? This courage will not be the opposite of despair. We shall often be faced with despair, as indeed every sensitive person has been during the last several decades in this country. Hence Kierkegaard and Nietzsche and Camus and Sartre have proclaimed that courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

The canary is like a man's soul. It sees bars around it, but instead of despairing, it sings.

He was never without misery, and never without hope.

Reflecting on his years in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote that there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity, but he refused to give up.

In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.

Do not despair. In every defeat are found the seeds of victory.

There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations.

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness, Anger, discontent and drooping hopes? Degenerate sons and daughters, Life is too strong for you— It takes life to love Life.

I like to keep my issues drawn, it's always darkest before the dawn.