Despite Quotes
Because we managed to keep our heart open, despite the pain. Because we realized that the person who left us did not take the sun with them or leave darkness in their place.
What is the situation today? We have a united country. We have a single currency. We have managed to stabilize the economy, despite difficulties. We could talk all day about all those achievements.
Most of the books call Her a He, but I am able to ascertain what is meant, despite that semantic error.
Pigeons are among the most maligned urban wildlife despite the fact that human beings brought them to our shores and turned them loose in our cities - not something that they chose.
Leonid Breznev was an old man and despite his own military experience in World War II, he on the other hand was not very close to the military.
I'm more relaxed about life now that I'm older. I like it-despite the wrinkles. It's what I feel inside that's precious.
despite all our desperate, eternal attempts to separate, contain and mend, categories always leak.
Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really a theory of a bang at all. It is really only a theory of the aftermath of a bang.
Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.
School is an institution built on the axiom that learning is the result of teaching. And institutional wisdom continues to accept this axiom, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
All great progress takes place when two sciences come together, and when their resemblance proclaims itself, despite the apparent disparity of their substance.
Peace on this planet will not be forged by military strength. It will be forged by those who come together despite their government's differences.
But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. This is rare and pure and perfect.
Should I be grateful or should I curse the fact that despite all misfortune I can still feel love, an unearthly love but still for earthly objects.
Having seen TED from a distance, I always thought if ever there was a place for someone like me, the outcasts, people who maintained who they are despite being told what they were, it was TED.
Bonds despite their ridiculous yields will not easily be threatened with a new bear market.
I learned that if a relationship is honest, it can last through anything despite all the challenges we have to face and everything that happens around us.
Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.
Faint hearts are encouraged when they read about others who, despite amputation, spinal cord injury, or psychiatric disorders have a vibrant trust and confidence in God.
Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth.
Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel. Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
Courage is not the absence of fear and pain, but the affirmation of life despite fear and pain.
Despite our high rate of unemployment, 300,000 jobs go unfilled largely because many of the unemployed lack the skills needed today as a result of technological progress.
I would have assumed you understood, despite our vague suggestions otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism.
I spent quite a lot of time pissing off my friends because I could get girls with a British accent, despite the fact that I was tubby and, like, not very cool.
Despite what people think, I was such a rule follower at school. I loved the whole slacker look, like, 'Hey, I don't care, whatever,' but if I didn't turn my homework in, I would panic.
We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.
Despite the warnings of other times, the impetuous and the confident continue their indiscriminate cultivation of weeds at the expense of occasional flowers.
The freedom I have as a U.S. citizen is unparalleled. Despite the fact people may not like American passports, having that passport affords me more freedoms than any other passport could.
Successful investors must temper the arrogance of taking a stand with a large dose of humility, accepting that despite their efforts and care, they may in fact be wrong.
If we accept all that is wrong about us - and despite it, believe that we are deserving of a happy life - then we will have thrown open an immense window that will allow love to enter.
There are some dogs which, when you meet them, remind you that, despite thousands of years of manmade evolution, every dog is still only two meals away from being a wolf.
If courage is acting according to one's conscience despite pain or fear, then strength is the ability to keep conscience awake and in force despite the demands of authorities to do otherwise.
The greatest act of courage is not falling in love But, despite everything, falling in love again.
The fashion world is very active and generous, despite the fact that it is not very well respected - or at least not as much as it should be.
Despite its simple and humble design, Zik is certainly today one of our most successful products in terms of intuitive ergonomics.
Despite my own doubts of being marketable or crushworthy, my goal was to write a record of peppy pop songs, hopefully without annoying anybody.
I have to be in a relationship in order to be intimate. I'm not the one-night-stand kind of girl. Despite the rumors.
Lots of people misunderstand this. They think not experiencing fear means they're courageous. Bravery isn't about not being afraid, it's about persevering despite your fears.
Don't wait until you're not afraid of something to do it. Do it despite the fear and you'll start to develop a 'fearlessness muscle'.
It requires real strength to love Man. And to love him despite all invitations to do otherwise, all provocations and all reasons why one should not.
