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Quotes of the Day for 28 October 2004 - Hopeless

Today is the feast of Saint Jude, patron of the hopeless cause. Some say that since this saint's name is so close to Judas, and in the Greek they are the same, that only the most desperate would ask Jude to intercede. Well, that's fine with me, I figure I should seek intercession from the saint with the lightest workload. Here are some quotes on hopeless causes.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless.
     - Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them.
     - Clare Boothe Luce, 1902 - 1987

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
     - Dale Carnegie, 1888 - 1955

It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook, how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.
     - Emmet Fox

Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.
     - John Maxwell

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.
     - Walter Mondale

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