And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.

Never despair. Never surrender.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

He who has never hoped can never despair

I plead with you — never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair. Just when everything seems over with, new forces come marching up, and precisely that means that you are alive. And if they don't, then everything is over with here, once and for all.

Those who have never despaired have neither lived nor loved. Hope is inseparable from despair. Those of us who truly hope make despair a constant companion whom we out-wrestle every day owing to our commitment to justice, love, and hope.

Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Never lose hope, be persistent and stubborn and never give up. There are many instances in history where apparent losers suddenly turn out to be winners unexpectedly, so you should never conclude all hope is lost.

Do not allow defeat to extinguish your dreams. If you keep working and remain optimistic, opportunities can come your way.

I don't think a being endowed with will-power should ever despair, as long as his hear beats.

Do not despair whatever happens for behind the clouds is always the rainbow.

Funny little thing. How could she know that even despair can work for you if you’re lucky enough to outlive it. I’d