A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless.
Realize that there are not hopeless situations; there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
And when I say that is certainly true, that our marriage is over. I know what else she will say: "Then you must save it. " And even though I know it's hopeless- there's absolutely nothing left to save-I'm afraid if I tell her that, she'll still persuade me to try.
Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.
Life without hope, the slavery of mankind-a bondage so hopeless that slaves will no longer know they are slaves. Wealth without happiness, abundance without the power to enjoy it. The death of the spirit.
And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.
I've seen schizophrenics who are so hopeless, you couldn't cheer them, and their lives are miserable and they end up as suicides. That's not right.
I don't care if you say we can't be together. I don't care if you think I'm the most evil, unnatural creature walking on earth. You can think whatever you want, go whatever you want. I'm going to just go on loving you, even if it's hopeless.
There's no difference between a pessimist who says, "Oh it's hopeless, so don't bother doing anything. " and an optimist who says, "Don't bother doing anything, it's going to turn out fine anyways. Either way, nothing happens. "
Sadly I write in my quiet room, alone as I have always been, alone as I will always be. And I wonder if my apparently negligible voice might not embody the essence of thousands of voices, the longing for self expression of thousands of lives, the patience of millions of souls resigned like my own to their daily lot, their useless dreams, and their hopeless hopes.
Once again, the hopeless cowardly Americans were back to repeat their cowardly act hiding behind a technological advance that God, most gracious, wanted it to be their curse and cause for shame.
I was hopeless at high school - I failed everything but Latin.
I'm hopeless by e-mail, by phone, by text.
The situation is hopeless, we must take the next step.
Nothing is as bad as a marriage that's a hopeless failure.
All other areas of my life, I'm hopeless. I can't even be certain how to boil an egg.
It was hopeless. She was flawless. She was a sunbeam. Mosca gave up and got on with hating her.
He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in a hopeless struggle of one man against the rest of the world.
I have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces, especially if I haven't - if I've just met somebody, it's hopeless.
If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose.