Quotes About Struggle

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

Despite a $4 million cash settlement, King could never quite get his life in order. In the ensuing years he was arrested multiple times for driving under the influence – in several cases after causing accidents and once after knocking his wife down with his car. His businesses failed. His marriages failed.

My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.

Nu subapreciez sinuciderile atunci când le numesc sl?biciuni, subliniez c? oricine se gânde?te s? fac? un astfel de lucru are nevoie de ajutor. Nu cred c? o persoan? normal?, s?n?toas? mental, poate s? se sinucid?.

We're such a rich country -- why do we have this many homeless people? It's not just about people who are homeless on drugs; it's about families that make too much money to apply for welfare, but they don't make enough to survive. They're stuck in the middle. What is that?

The truth as I see it is that people can both struggle and remain upbeat simultaneously, through even the most soul-testing of challenges.

the Amazon encampments began to seem more and more like microcosms of a national catastrophe.

America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves . . . Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters.

Sameer and LaVonne were not naive. They know that, in the eyes of the law, they are homeless. But who can live under the weight of that word? The term "homeless" has metastasized beyond its literal definition, becoming a terrible threat. It whispers: Exiles. The Fallen. The Other. Those Who Have Nothing Left. "Our society's untouchables," LaVonne suggested on her blog.

But for them—as for anyone—survival isn't enough. So what began as a last-ditch effort has become a battle cry for something greater. Being human means yearning for more than subsistence. As much as food or shelter, we require hope.

one in six American households that have been putting more than half of what they make into shelter.

Would you rather have food or dental work? Pay your mortgage or your electric bill? Make a car payment or buy medicine? Cover rent or student loans? Purchase warm clothes or gas for your commute?

Inevitably bouts with obstacles offer discouragement as you cut every tether holding you from freedom.

But for them—as for anyone—survival isn't enough.

The truth as I see it is that people can both struggle and remain upbeat simultaneously, through even the most soul-testing of challenges. This doesn't mean they're in denial. Rather, it testifies to the remarkable ability of humankind to adapt, to seek meaning and kinship when confronted with adversity.

I could never live like this," I whispered to Luka. "No," he agreed. "I've seen you grovel. It's not very convincing.

She drew herself up, pulling the shawl closed at her neck. "We have had a most trying day," she informed them with as much dignity as she could muster. "Prince Mihai has just left us and is no longer welcome anywhere near Dacia or me, and I am naked beneath this shawl. "So to answer your question, my lord: this is a terrible time.

it's all right," Celie said quietly. "Prince Khelsh's rooms are very small, and dark, and poorly furnished.

Nothing great ever comes easy.

The problem arises, Rufus, when creative people gather together. That's when pornography, orgies, drunken rumbles, and the like occur, when they have nothing to do but indulge in those things.

My dad used to flush my mother's head down the toilet. I was so screwed up.

It was just a few million bucks to take us out of our misery, to pay off our loans.

The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.

Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.