Quotes About Struggle

We all know of families who have obligated themselves for more than they could pay. There is a world of heartache behind such cases.

I've always hated to lose and I continue to hate it. But I've been obliged to accept it because I also have had some crushing defeats.

After winning a medal, many athletes give up and go into oblivion, the reason being lack of encouragement.

A lot of people tend to go into the music industry and be really - what do you call it? - oblivious to everything that comes with it.

Personally, I was oblivious to any financial hardships that my parents endured.

I imagine like most of us that I'd like obscene amounts of money but the people I met and worked with who have those obscene amounts of money and have obscene amounts of fame have awful lives. Really. I mean hideously compromised lives.

Hardship makes the world obscure.

I went out of my way to try not to be an artist, because I thought I would end up leading a miserable, obscure life. I tried to escape it for as long as I could, until I had to admit at 25 that that was my path.

Yes, it was difficult - making 'The Act of Killing' in particular was a very lonely process. No one really believed in it until very close to the end. But it was also a sanctuary. I was working in obscurity.

As authors, we're all trying to fight against obscurity and outside distractions, but it's a tough battle.

From now back to the past, we can observe clearly that none of us is free.

I consider music like a mirage in the desert. You're obsessed with the ideal piece of music, and the more you think you're getting closer, it's not there.

I don't know if you have ever been the object of someone's obsession - but if it's not of your desire, it is horrible. It is really awful.

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.

You cannot intellectualize yourself out of obsession. You cannot cure yourself of it.

I do not want to be in fights where people see me as an obstacle on the road. I want to be the man challenging.

In the NFL, you're always facing an obstacle.

Living in Flint, poverty is an obstacle that you have to fight through. I always had to fend for my brother and sister - I was always the one to sacrifice my meals so that they could eat.

Combating any kind of obstacle is much easier if you know that it's real and not your fault, and it's something you can fight against.

There came a point where I did give up on music, but I'm the kind of person that when I face obstacles, I become more determined. It's just something weird within me.

I'm frightened a lot. I feel like it's caused me a lot of obstacles.

I really think if you take away a character's obstacles then there's no comedy.

I always faced obstacles in my career.

That's been the story of my life - obstacles: trying to figure a way over them, around them, under them; sometimes you have to go straight through them.