Quotes About Struggle

Late in his life, Rene complained of living a life of a celebrity one minute and a "John Doe" the next.

Anxieties," wrote Alfred Thayer Mahan, "are the test and penalty of greatness.

In combat you have to leave the wounded behind whether they are men or ships and go on your way and fight. Nevertheless, it was something that made every man on our topside feel the same as I did, and it bothered us to leave those men at the mercy of the Japs, but there was no other choice.

Embrace the suck

James Dale Davidson

The sheer challenge of survival in premodern societies always constrained the behavior of the poor.

You get lazy, you get sad. Start givin' up. Plain and simple.

You're the shuckiest shuck-faced shuck there ever was.

Such a display of death - how could it be considered a victory?

Sometimes I wonder," Thomas murmured. "Wonder what?" "If being alive matters. If being dead might be a lot easier.

I didn't do anyting wrong. All I know is I saw two people struggling to get inside these walls and they [Minho and Alby] couldn't make it. To ignore that because of some stupid rule seemed selfish, cowardly, and... well, stupid. If you want to throw me in jail for trying to save someone's [Alby] life, then go ahead. Next time I promise I'll point at them and laugh, then go eat some of Frypan's dinner. -Thomas

He didn't care about the others anymore. The chaos around him seemed to siphon away his humanity, turn him into an animal. All he wanted was to survive, make it to that building, get inside. Live. Gain another day.

Let's get this started, people. It won't be long before we all lose our minds.

Whatever had happened to him [Newt] out there — maybe even related to his lingering ankle injury — had been truly awful.

What would I do without you? I'd die of stress and depression before nature killed me.

You've seen what I can do," Thomas replied, trying to sound as dangerous as he felt. "You've watched me in the Maze and the Scorch." He almost wanted to laugh at the irony. They had made him into a killer … to save people?

Things are bad,they are,and they'll get much worse for ya soon,thats the truth.But down the road a piece,you'll be fightin' true and good.I can tell you're not a bloody sissy. -Newt

Your demons are always with you," Skale answered. His voice seemed even raspier than the day before. "Don't you understand that by now? Always with you, impossible to escape. But you never can guess how they might manifest themselves.

We were lining up and counting off nice and easy till you came stumbling through like a doped-up bull,' Minho responded.

She and Thomas had helped construct the Maze; at the same time she'd exerted a lot of effort to build a wall holding back her emotions.

Paul screamed out words as he struggled to stand. "Good...gracious...mercy...mama...you people...are FAT !

I am a Crank, Minho! I am a Crank! Why can't you get that through your bloody head? If you had the Flare and knew what you were about to go through, would you want your friends to stand around and watch? Huh? Would you want that?

I'm so scared of going crazy. I can already feel it happening. Things look weird, sound weird. Out of the blue I'll start thinking about stuff that doesn't make any sense. Sometimes the air around me feels... hard. I don't even know what that means, but it's scary. I'm definitely starting. The Flare's taking my brain to hell.

WICKED was never going to stop. They were never, never going to stop.