“There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.”
Source: The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances
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Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
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Variant: He recalled Dr. Sarvis' favorite apothegm: When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.
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“It is a pity that this faithful youth is sacrificed in a hopeless situation.”
Gerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953) German Field Marshal during World War II
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China Miéville book The Dusty Hat
The Dusty Hat (p. 211)
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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist
Patrick Dalroy in The Flying Inn (1914), p 295
Steven Curtis Chapman (1962) American Christian music singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist
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“That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best.”
Aldo Leopold (1887–1948) American writer and scientist
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1940s