Quotes of: Despite Keyword

When I was learning by myself, despite my parents, despite my teachers, despite society, when I was fighting for building my life as a young wire walker at age 16, I didn't have feelings, I had certainties.

Philippe Petit

And for a moment there, despite the bruising, despite the snarled dirty hair, despite her sunburned skin and the suffering in her eyes that she refused to let defeat her, she was one of the prettiest things he'd ever seen. ~Dallas and Amy~

To the Brink

You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.

William Faulkner

I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite my deficiencies.

Bill Moyers

Bananarama were written off from day one. Nobody believed in us but us. We kept having hits despite the record company, despite the press.

Siobhan Fahey

You love someone despite all their flaws. You love someone despite the fact that they have made mistakes. You love someone because you care about them

Love

God doesn't want your careful virtue, He wants your reckless generosity.

Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense

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James Gleick

God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of "parties" with no purpose, despite the false grinning faces we all wear. And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop...

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Grace is more than just leniency and unconditional acceptance. Divine grace is God’s relentless and loving pursuit of His enemies, who are unthankful, unworthy, and unlovable. Grace is not just God’s ability to save sinners, but God’s stubborn ...

Preston Sprinkle

Sorry, but despite how I look, I really love this planet.-Gintoki

Hideaki Sorachi

I realized that despite the fear and the bruises of life, one has to keep on fighting for one's dream. As Borges said in his writings "there is no other virtue than being brave." And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but...

Paulo Coelho

Women know intuitively when they are being devalued. (121)

Good Girls Don't Get Fat: How Weight Obsession Is Messing Up Our Girls and How We Can Help Them Thrive Despite It

The death of a parent, he wrote, 'despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and that may cut free memories and feelings that we had thought gone to ground long ago...

The Year of Magical Thinking

I am not without fear, but courage is taking action despite the fear. Knowing what you want, what you are meant to do, and proceeding despite any knots in your stomach or rocks stuck in your throat. It is walking boldly into the unknown with your chi...

A Tale of Two Centuries

We are not perfect. We make mistakes. We fail. We fall. We cry. But most importantly, we feel. We feel, despite the pain and tears, that we can. We feel that it's not over despite we failed. We feel that we deserve more. The magic of life resides in ...

Kevin Keenoo

There is no living being on earth at this moment except myself. I could walk down the halls, and empty rooms would yawn mockingly at me from every side. God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of 'partie...

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

The way we saw things, it didn’t matter that God had created the heavens and the earth—he did not want us excited about living here. A good fundamentalist worth his weight in guilt was quick to remind any skeptic that the world was going to hell ...

Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess

They all knew this, but this didn't stop them from good-naturedly crowding around the front door every time it opened, every single time, despite the fact that they were never -EVER- let into the house. I loved this particularly fine thing about dogs...

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

We must teach our girls that if they speak their mind, they can create the world they want to see. (145)

Good Girls Don't Get Fat: How Weight Obsession Is Messing Up Our Girls and How We Can Help Them Thrive Despite It

The simple and terrifying reality, forbidden from discussion in America, was that despite spending $600 billion a year on the military, despite having the best fighting force the world had ever known, they were getting their asses kicked by illiterat...

The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan