Quotes About Struggle

Life is a mess, Rose said. You can fix the mess human beings make, Rose said, But you can't fix the mess being human is.

Trying to change yourself is as hard as trying to change the universe. Maybe there's no difference. The fact is, shit happens none of us plan on.

All this family shit! Harry said. How can you reinvent your life if the original versions won't leave you alone?

Relationships break down and many people live their days alone and for a lot of unions that do last not all the people are always so happy. Love is not guaranteed.

The God Gone Mad.

Food is a fairly significant aspect of my life. I have struggled mightily with food. With my weight. And I'm conscious of it. So I have a sensitivity to people who struggle with their weight.

Food during my early years was a very difficult issue for me. I grew up in an addictive family. My mother had serious problems with alcohol and prescription drugs. I was an overweight kid. I can remember back in those days there weren't the strategies that there are today to deal with those issues.

How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porch light on?

Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah,I drunk me a river since you tore me apart

I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink.

Q: What's hard for you? A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German.

I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.

I've been riding on the crest of a slump lately.

I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint-- I'm selfish and I'm cruel and I'm blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they're so hard to find...

It's the same with men as with horses and dogs, nothing wants to die.

Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.

Arithmetic arithmetock Turn the hands back on the clock How does the ocean rock the boat? How did the razor find my throat? The only strings that hold me here Are tangled up around the pier.

I'm not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.

hell is boiling over. And heaven is full. We're chained to the world. And we all gotta pull. And we're all gonna be ...just dirt in the ground".

Misery's the river of the world. Everybody row!

I don't know what 'the big time' is really, except that it's probably some terrible place you can't get out of, you know… or you fall from it and break all your bones, or you try to go further and burn up.

The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself

About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.