Quotes About Struggle

Every play I do, every book I write, every painting I paint, I will struggle with. I don't know what it's like for a project to come easy.

Evan Wolfson is a dear friend of mine. Almost more than any other, Evan is responsible for bringing the issue of marriage equality to the forefront of our struggle for civil rights. He is a courageous pioneer who has been relentless in this battle for marriage equality.

Jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam, meaning to purify oneself or one's community.

The historic nature of Israel's struggle for self-determination, freedom, and prosperity underscores the gravity of their circumstances and fortifies my commitment to America's responsibility as their ally.

As I get older the stars have gone from my eyes more, and I see that life is just something that has to be lived with, that it's better not to struggle.

Bonnie and Clyde grew up in absolute poverty. They didn't go to school or have any money; the only way they could figure out how to get ahead was to steal. The banks were foreclosing on everyone's homes. I think a lot of people will be able to relate to that struggle.

You see, it took me so long, it was such a struggle, to move myself out of musicals - because I had had a success, nobody wanted to allow me to direct a non-musical picture. It was so hard. And the only way I could get it going was to become a producer myself.

One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exists.

It's a struggle for me to watch things I've been in because I'm just distracted and self-critical.

I struggle because I love food and sometimes I can't stop eating.

I never had an intellectual struggle with the Bible, with the gospel, with the claims of Christ.

We've had a great change. Dr King saw to that. I was so grateful to see the 'colored only' signs come off the water fountains and bathrooms in the south. But the struggle lives on.

I have an assistant who's very good at email, so I don't struggle with it.

My wife says I'm only comfortable when there's a fight. And it's true. The thing that motivates me is struggle.

Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.

The fact that I didn't have a mom is a challenge; it was a struggle; and we made the best of it, and because of that my relationship with my dad is that much stronger.

It was natural to see the struggle for dignity for black people in America as a sister struggle of the Jewish struggle. So growing up, it was always a part of my breakfast cereal to think of myself as someone who was part of a larger struggle.

For many oppositional movements, the Internet, while providing the opportunity to distribute information more quickly and cheaper, may have actually made their struggle more difficult in the long run.

I know what it's like to struggle for cash. When I went to drama school, I worked as a chambermaid to make ends meet.

I think that fiction is an excellent place for us to struggle with questions of good and evil, and humanity and inhumanity.

'Something Borrowed' is looking like a romantic comedy, but it's a comedy. It shines as a comedy; it's definitely not just about the romance. It's an honest depiction of the struggle between the characters. The comedy aspect will make it shine.

When I have struggled with things like being Bruce Lee's daughter, it's his words that have guided me: his words that said that I just need to have faith in myself, believe in myself, and express myself.

I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.

I'd gone through life being obsessed about my sexuality. People would ask about relationships, girlfriends, you start referring to people as 'they' so there's no judgment and you can be ambiguous. People around me knew, but I still struggled with talking about it openly.