Quotes About Struggle

There will come a time of fire and night, when enemies rise and empires fall, when the stars themselves begin to die.

One word characterizes the most strenuous of the efforts for the advancement of science that I have made perservereingly during fifty-five years; that word is failure

Do not try the parallels in that way: I know that way all along. I have measured that bottomless night, and all the light and all the joy of my life went out there.

Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.

It is obvious that while science is struggling to bring Heaven to earth some men are using its materials in the construction of Hell.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

It is difficult to believe in the dreadful but quiet war lurking just below the serene facade of nature.

Guilt ripped into her like a rusty, serrated knife. It took up residence in her soul, settling in and getting comfortable so it could saw away ragged pieces of flesh and leave her to bleed.

Help!" he yelled and he lifted one leg, trying to run. But you can't outrun the membrane — he was soon gone.

Life is hard, the earth stubborn, science rich in knowledge but poor in practical results.

She prayed for that all through the night, uncertain to Whom or what, but with a feeling that almost resembled faith.

She'd crossed into a place where truth, even if it was brutal, was all she had to offer.

Jane woke, stretched, and decided to kill herself. If she hadn't found a reason to live by the end of the day she would jump from the rig. It felt good to have a plan.

Is this how humanity waves good-bye?Hell no.

Addiction is the primary way people escape the modern world. Unfortunately, it is destroying the modern world.

She hoped he could move on one day and find happiness. He had the luxury to try. She hoped he would su

While there are memories I wish I could dispose of, sometimes my memories are the only things that keep me sane.

Avery slides on his glasses and opens his eyes again. "Dammit!" he says again with more feeling. "Why does stuff like this keep happening?""You say that as if it's a bad thing, " Rob says, smirking.

I still have the scars from when they captured me and beat me in the middle of the street.""You don't get scars.""Emotional scars then.

Bellamy had come down from scanning the heavens only to find himself in the depths of hell.

Nothing in life is fair except a witnessed duel.

There comes a time when a man has to kill his own snakes.

A journey inward may end in defeatFor life as we know it was made by machines

All I was trying to do when they caught me was bury my mother in an unmarked grave.