Quotes About Struggles

It came to him (and with the force of a revelation) that life was basically one long SAT test, and instead of four or five choices, you got dozens.

He had come to believe that life was a series of ironic ambushes. - Doctor Sleep

Life on this planet on its own is temporal. So tell me why you think your problems are permanent. No condition is permanent.

Life is a bag full of uncertainties for everyone.

It's easy to be a Christian when you're living the perfect life. It's easy to live a perfect life when God seems to be showering you with blessings.

Everybody's got sad stories." Devon's voice was as ungiving as stone. "And everyone thinks they're so very special and broken because of them.

Problems often become worse if incompetent people try to solve them.

I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.

People love that you're human and that we're frail and we face the same situations. Honesty tends to communicate with people better than standing up there like you have an 'S' on your chest.

But sometimes, no matter how hard you plan, mistakes can still be made. Sometimes, problems arise that you never even thought about beforehand.

There's no such thing as a life free of complications, Rory. We all end up making compromises in the end.

life was a series of obstacles that just had to be negotiated,

Having parented successfully in the past may rank as a satisfying accomplishment retrospectively; but the bulk of research finds that being a parent, while it is happening, does not increase life satisfaction and may reduce it.

At some point you lose sight of your actual parents; you just see a basketful of history and unresolved issues.

We can all nod and smile and carry on our end of the conversation in an endless loop while our minds float somewhere outside our bodies. We are thinking about our kids, about finances and fiancees and soon-to-be ex wives, about the sex we're not having, the sex our soon-to-be ex wives are having, about loneliness and love and death and Dad, and this constant crowd is like a fog on a dark road; you just keep driving and watch it dissipate in your low beams.

Friends LOVE misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too luck or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.

Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.

Why do relationships have to be so complicated?

Sorrows bring us closer to God than joys.

Not all the news was positive.

How fair is a garden amid the trials and passions of existence.

We should have a time to reflect on the accomplishments of the military, of their sacrifices, of their failures.

I wanted to make an album that melodically people can connect to; something that reflects our times and the kinds of difficulties we face.

Old age is, so to speak, the sanctuary of ills: they all take refuge in it.