Quotes About Struggle

Struggling over my fickle heart, love draws it now this way, and now hate that--but love, I think, is winning. I will hate, if I have strength; if not, I shall love unwilling.

But there are victories far worse than defeats; and to overcome an angel too gentle to put out all his strength, and ride away in triumph on the back of a devil, is one of the poorest.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronge

It's very difficult to follow our dreams, but it's even more difficult to forget them.

What a burden it must be to know all the terrible things you've done and support it with arms unfit to carry it all.

To those who struggle comes strength.

The waves are rough in a sea of adversity. Learning to swim in that setting provides you with one heck of an opportunity.

We fool ourselvesinto thinkingwe're strongthen complainthe rest of our livescrippled bythe consequences.

Suffering fuels strength.

Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else's joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears.

If [we] have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.

Everything I do in its essence is about helplessness. That's the story I want to tell all the time. It's the story I wanted to live - somebody who appears to be, or is, weak becoming stronger.

We think we are so strong but it is only when others try to prey on our weaknesses that we realize how frail we truly are."-Skyla (from Twiceborn)

To succeed perseverance yells "pain to gain". If you don't take heed, you'll end up slain!

If I upset you, don't stress. Never forget That God isn't finished with me yet. I feel His hand on my brain... When I write rhymes, I go blind and let the Lord do His thang.

Disappointment often focuses on the failure of our own agenda rather than on God's long-term purposes for us, which may use stress and struggle as tools for strengthening our spiritual muscles.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

Stress comes from knowing what is right and doing what is wrong

Wake up, life does get tough. No need to stress, holds you back too much.

There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and stress at some point.

Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.

I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.

Mozart. Vivaldi. Van Gogh. Stretched their genius on struggle, stress and survival.