Quotes About Struggle

Of all the things we have done, the most important - the one that history will record as the principal contribution of our generation - is that we understand how to turn the armed struggle into a Revolution; that we realized that it was essential to create a new mentality to build a new society.

A principal struggle of many young companies is to establish an identity, a philosophical and emotional core, and LAIKA is no exception.

My father was a man of principle who found his principles confirmed in the unremitting failure which they brought on him.

We are not making this demand for the sake of a principle, but in the interests of the proletarian class.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Our love for the Founders leads us to abandon, and even to betray, the very principles they fought for.

I remember giving auditions for ad films and I used to wait for hours for my turn to come. I used to go for print shoots for Rs 2000. I used to go to the director's office with my portfolio and the receptionists used to tell me to put it in the post box outside.

I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.

I run a printing press from where I get my bread. If at all I get any butter, it comes from acting.

Prior to the 'Chappelle's Show,' you know, no one would even listen to me, in the frame of, 'Oh, he is trying to be funny.'

One of things so bad about depression and bipolar disorder is that if you don't have prior awareness, you don't have any idea what hit you.

This was our last stop. This was it. We had those two embryos that we had banked prior to learning about the breast cancer, and with the medicine she was on, this was our last effort. The prayers were answered.

Prior to my father's death, I was having a hard time committing to a career as an artist, but that's not because of who he was - it was because of who I am. It's true, though, that I felt I shouldn't compete with him, and that those feelings went away after he died.

If you just can't seem to get ahead, you might need to check your priorities. If you've had difficulties setting your priorities, ask God to help you.

My main priorities were to fight for Britain. Not a lot of Asians get selected for this country at anything, and it's a great achievement.

On a daily basis, I have to fight the internal battle to keep my priorities straight.

I am trying to prioritize and keep everything in balance, which for me is not easy.

People want athletes to cater to their image of what an athlete should be, but they also want them to fail so they can feel like their screwups are all right. If I make a priority shift, I'll make it because it's best for me.

I still see life entirely through its Darwinian prism. I keep trying to shake off the aftereffects of writing 'The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead', and I find I can't.

I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown.

None of my peers avoided prison. None of 'em.

South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would expect people to write from prison.

Lots of people think I went to prison. I never went to prison. I was in jail without bail.

Prison killed me. It destroyed me.