Desperate Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old desperate quotes, desperate sayings, and desperate proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

We're all so desperate to be understood, we forget to be understanding. Beau Taplin
Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting. Jim Carrey
Never underestimate desperate people. You never know how far they will go to get what they want. Anonymous
Desperate measures call for desperate times. John Alejandro King
If you have to beg someone to be in your life, they don't belong there. Mandy Hale
People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think. George Carlin
When people get desperate, they get very creative. Jeff Smoller
Never allow yourself to be so desperate that you end up settling for far less than what you deserve. Anonymous
In life you need either inspiration or desperation. Tony Robbins
Better be a desperate single with many options than a desperate married with no option. Amen Muffler
Don't dare a person who has nothing else left to lose. Susan Elizabeth Phillips
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime. Emily Dickinson
Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate. G.K. Chesterton
In desperate position, you must fight. Sun Tzu
Desperate people lose the thing that makes them human beings. They lose their heart. Anger and hate fill them so that they act like animals. Arlene J. Chai
The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug. Pico Iyer
Desperate affairs require desperate measures. Horatio Nelson
A thing can be true and still be desperate folly. Richard Adams
A person in desperate need of help does not get the support of even one guy often, then wondering from where all these people come together in a big lot for a big cause. Anuj Somany
There's always somebody older, richer, more desperate than you. Kirstie Alley
Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Henry David Thoreau
Don't let desperate situations make you do desperate things. Anonymous
Desperate people can make themselves believe anything. Candice Poarch
There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people. Heinz Guderian
Desperation is not an evidence of hard work, it's a sign of lack of faith. Constance Friday
A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy. Guy Fawkes
There is nothing more dangerous than a desperate man who has nothing to loose. Rafay Baloch
In your most desperate moments where you crawl on the ground like worms, sometimes you suddenly hear the voice of a savior, the voice of the Music which immediately carries you away to the stars! Mehmet Murat ildan
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau
You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman. Lisa See
The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make. Canelo Alvarez
Hope is believing in something that eludes you. It's a desperate feeling in a desperate situation. Carroll Bryant
A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader. Daisaku Ikeda
The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness. David Foster Wallace
When the situation is desperate, it is too late to be serious. Be playful. Edward Abbey
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime. Erich Fromm
I still believe in the need for guitars and drums and desperate poetry. Frank Turner
Abortion is not a sign that women are free, but a sign that they are desperate. Frederica Mathewes-Green
Faith in the supernatural is a desperate wager made by man at the lowest ebb of his fortunes. George Santayana
One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes. Gustave Flaubert
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau
Desperate affairs require desperate measures. Horatio Nelson
Marriage is a desperate thing. John Selden
Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about. Katharine Hepburn
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest. Livy
Necessity urges desperate measures. Miguel de Cervantes
I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive. Nicole Kidman
Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage. William Blake
All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled. Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage. William Blake
O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men! William Shakespeare