Quotes About Struggle

A minority is compelled to think; that is the blessing of its fate. It must always persist in a mental struggle for that consciousness of truth which success and power comfortingly assure to rulers and their supporting multitudes. The conviction of the many is based on the weight of possession; the conviction of the few is expressed through the energy of constant searching and finding.

There comes a time in some relationships when no matter how sincere the attempt to reconcile the differences or how strong the wish to recreate a part of the past once shared, the struggle becomes so painful that nothing else is felt and the world and all its beauty only add to the discomfort by providing cruel contrast.

To love oneself is to struggle to rediscover and maintain your uniqueness

The hardest battle you are ever going to have to fight is the battle to be just you.

Gerçek ?udur ki, s?n?flar var oldukça devlet s?n?flar üstü olamaz; efendilerinin yan?nda yer almak zorundad?r.

??çi, kuramsal olarak, istedi?ini yapabilen "özgür" bir ki?idir. Oysa gerçekte, i?çinin özgürlü?ü iyice s?n?rl?d?r. ??verenin ileri sürdü?ü ezici ko?ullar? kabul etmek ya da açl??? seçmek aras?nda özgürdür.

Ba?kan Roosevelt'in 11 Ocak 1944 günü Kongreye sundu?u mesaj?nda belirtti?i gibi "ihtiyaçlar?n pençesinde k?vranan bir insan, özgür insan de?ildir

S?n?flar var oldukça devlet s?n?flar üstü olamaz.

Temptations can come also from the deep-seated forces within us which we call passions, passions that often are rebellious and imperfectly controlled as a result of original sin. But from whatever source the temptation may come, we know that we can conquer it if we have the will to do so.

It is by conquering temptation that we acquire merit before God. It is through temptation, met and defeated, that we grow in holiness. There would be little credit in being good if it were easy to be good. The great saints were not men and women who had no temptations; in most cases, they were men and women who had tremendous temptations—and became saints by their victories. We shall not,

Man survives earthquakes, epidemics, the horrors of disease, and all the agonies of the soul, but for all time his most tormenting tragedy has been, is, and will be—the tragedy of the bedroom.

Svaki pogled njenih o?iju, svaku re? iz njenih usta želim da imam samo za sebe. To što ne mogu da se odvojim od nje, to što ne mogu da ustanem i zauvek završim s time! To boli, to gori u meni!" "Ali demonima pakla je data sva mo?, nastupio je dan, poslednji dan, sudnji dan, sotona trijumfuje nad grešnom dušom, i jadikuju?i ljudski glas se ruši sa visine i tone u Judinom smehu o?ajanja.

There wasn't a stick over which he didn't stumble, and if he had bread he wouldn't have a knife, and if he had both bread and a knife he wouldn't be able to find the salt. His

E crede che la vecchia Russia, la Russia che lei ama, potrà ritornare?». «Forse. Chi sa» disse il conte Gagarin, e la sua voce suonò a un tratto stanca e triste. «Tra fuoco e dolore va la Russia per la sua strada. Dove essa porti, non ci è dato sapere».

For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.

The twelfth-century poet Abraham ibn Ezra, whom you encountered in high school as Browning's Rabbi ben Ezra (may his tribe increase), limpidly described the shlimazl's lot when he wrote: If I sold lamps, The sun, In spite, Would shine at night.

But what is the core of the political? Men killing men on the largest scale in broad daylight and with the greatest serenity.

For try as one may to expel nature with a hayfork, it will always come back.

Life is the joyless quest for joy.

Muito comummente, um homem adormecido luta com um mal doloroso do qual se quer livrar e constata, despertando, a existência desse mal no fundo de si mesmo.

But now everything will be different. It is nonsense to believe that life will not allow it, that the past will not allow it. I must struggle to live a better life, a far better life.

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state.

All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

It's hard to love a woman and do anything.