Quotes About Struggle

I hate to exercise, I hate to meditate, I don't enjoy eating well, I never get proper sleep. I am not a poster child for wellness. I am a sick girl. I know sickness. I live with it. In some ways, I keep myself sick." "Sick" Porochista Khakpour

I hate to exercise, I hate to meditate, I don't enjoy eating well, I never get proper sleep. I am not a poster child for wellness. I am a sick girl. I know sickness. I live with it. In some ways, I keep myself sick.

Because my illness at this stage has no cure, I can forever own this discomfort of the body. I can always say this was all a mistake. To find a home in my body is to tell a story that doesn't exist. I am a foreigner, but in ways that go much deeper than I thought, under the epidermis and into the blood cells.

Another day working in the Borough of the Damned.

To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.

There is no other road than the one we take, hard though it be. And no man outlives his weird. Best to meet it bravely, face to face.

Cynicism is boringly fashionable. I didn't think you would be afraid to say mankind is worth fighting for.

What had he been fighting when he fought the Nazis but a resurgence of archaic horrors that civilized men had once believed were safely dead? In

Istoria omului reprezinta o lupta continua intre instinct si inteligenta, intre ritmul involuntar al organismului si modelele autocreate ale constiintei.

Dood ok ondergang!" Rupert panted.

he said, and wondered if the engineers would ever be able to find the breaking strength of the human spirit. He felt very near to giving way.

Sí, hijo mío —rió con fatiga—. He conocido el cambio. He sentido que el tiempo corría como un río caudaloso, arrastrando en su torrente esperanzas naufragadas.

I won't lie down and die gracefully. I'm far too cowardly for that.

You'll either be killed, young man, or you'll do something that will force us to step on you, or you'll go far indeed.

Their spells would bounce like billiard balls off anyone in a state of grace; simply the usual modicum of decency and determination would get a man through.

Kalau mati, dengan berani; kalau hidup, dengan berani. Kalau keberanian tidak ada, itulah sebabnya setiap bangsa asing bisa jajah kita.

Indonesia adalah negeri budak. Budak di antara bangsa dan budak bagi bangsa-bangsa lain.

Kita telah melawan Nak, Nyo. Sebaik-baiknya, sehormat-hormatnya.

setiap pejuang bisa kalah dan terus-menerus kalah tanpa kemenangan, dan kekalahan itulah gurunya yang terlalu mahal dibayarnya. Tetapi biarpun kalah, selama seseorang itu bisa dinamai pejuang dia tidak akan menyerah. Bahasa Indonesia cukup kaya untuk membedakan kalah daripada menyerah (Prahara Budaya, h. 187)

Biarlah hati ini patah karena sarat dengan beban, dan biarlah dia meledak karena ketegangan. Pada akhirnya perbuatan manusia menentukan, yang mengawali dan mengakhiri. Bagiku, kata-kata hiburan hanya sekedar membasuh kaki. Memang menyegarkan. Tapi tiada arti. Barangkali pada titik inilah kita berpisah...

Selama penderitaan datang dari manusia, dia bukan bencana alam, dia pun pasti bisa dilawan oleh manusia.

Tanpa wanita takkan ada bangsa manusia. Tanpa bangsa manusia takkan ada yang memuji kebesaranMu. Semua puji-pujian untukMu dimungkinkan hanya oleh titik darah, keringat dan erang kesakitan wanita yang sobek bagian badannya karena melahirkan kehidupan.

Setiap ketidakadilan harus dilawan, walaupun hanya dalam hati.

Kami memang orang miskin. Di mata orang kota kemiskinan itu kesalahan. Lupa mereka lauk yg dimakannya itu kerja kami.