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Quotes About Struggle

You cannot put patience and experience into a parenthesis, and, omitting them, bring hope out of tribulation.
~ Alexander MacLaren
There is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me; but at moments, like rush-hour traffic at the mouth of a tunnel, they jam.
~ John Updike
If God were not to test us, there would be no patience.
~ John Calvin
The Army, as usual, are without pay; and a great part of the soldiery without shirts; and though the patience of them is equally threadbare, the States seem perfectly indifferent to their cries.
~ George Washington
Only so much can be borne from men, so much from gods
~ Janet Morris
Conquer temptations by the patience and prayer. If you oppose them without these, you will fall all the more severely.
~ Marcus Eremita
Tell me what's the difference
~ Anna Kamienska
And then--a Day as huge As Yesterdays in pairs, Unrolled its horror in my face-- Until it blocked my eyes
~ Emily Dickinson
There is no patience so terrible as that of the deranged.
~ Sarah Waters
The trouble with poverty, as an issue, is that it has basically exhausted the patience of the general public.
~ Paul Krugman
I am as poor as Job my lord but not so patient.
~ William Shakespeare
So you've been having a tough time. You don't know how long more you can hold on. Remember bad days don't last forever. Keep patience alive!
~ Mufti Ismail Menk
Philip wooed me with all the patience of someone trying to coax a half-wild animal into the house and, like many a stray, I found myself domesticated before I thought to resist.
~ Kelley Armstrong, Bitten
I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.
~ John F. Kerry
While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe America anything - America owes us.
~ Al Sharpton
There will be no prison which can hold our movement down.
~ Huey Newton
A patriot is one who wrestles for the soul of her country as she wrestles for her own being.
~ Adrienne Rich
Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.
~ James Joyce
Swim or sink live or die survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination.
~ John Adams
Ireland is a fatal disease fatal to Englishmen and doubly fatal to Irishmen.
~ George Moore
The urge to lie is produced by the contradictions in our lives. We are made to declare love for our country, while it tramples our rights and dignity.
~ Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna
If you want peace then you must struggle for social justice.
~ Chris Hani
If there is not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government.
~ Emiliano Zapata
You have gotta lose your mind Just to find your peace of mind.
~ Jhene Aiko