Quotes About Struggle

In this place, upwards of 400,000 British men were going to be killed. They'd lost 20,000 just the other day. He sucked a grim smile. It was like rich countries deliberately killing themselves, leaving their battered remains ready for the revolution that would surely come, for who could return home without wanting to face those who had wasted good men thus?

many people will only change due to desperation

Her spiritual training conspires against her as well, having subtly told her that having human wants and needs is somehow worldly, selfish, and even unchristian.

There's so much going on here, and out there, and places we don't even know about. Everything's so scary and uncertain. We never know when fate will shake it all up. That's pretty deep. You gotta wonder how we'll ever make it through. I guess we can fall back on what's gotten us this far. A positive attitude and lots of denial?

Gotham City isn't like anywhere else," Dr. Leland said with a faint, sad smile. "People who come here from other, more conventional cities find it hard to understand our brand of normal.

Hugo Strange's downfall.

The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one. The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers? Bertolt Brecht, On Violence

Medicine becomes pragmatic solidarity when it is delivered with dignity to the destitute sick... By including social and economic rights in the struggle for human rights, we help to protect those most likely to suffer the insults of structural violence.

Suicide is a solution. No matter what anyone tells you, suicide does solve problems; at least, it solves your problems. And if you succeed, it solves them once and for all.

Only the truly anguished and distressed seriously consider ending their lives.

Because for all of his big frame, loud voice and quick smile, Lou Gehrig was one of those strange souls born to be frustrated, to have glory and happiness always within his reach, yes, even to have it in his grasp, only to have it snatched away from him.

God I have been - God I am. But quite frankly, sometimes it is all just a little too much for one small cat.

Nearly all makers have day jobs early in their careers.

And as the ax bites into the wood, be comforted in the fact that the ache in your heart and the confusion in your soul means that you are still alive, still human, and still open to the beauty of the world, even though you have done nothing to deserve it. And when you resent the ache in your heart, remember: You will be dead and buried soon enough.

All of us live with our own demons, do penance in our private ways. We need our friends for support and advice, but we draw our strength from within.

We keep looking for justice, but it's nothing but stormy nights and dark alleys out there.

Across the globe, one billion people live in slums: that is, one in seven human beings.

He had strawberry blond hair. That's enough right there. That's all you need to know. If you're a man with strawberry blond hair and you're not in the circus or a Viking, odds are you have not found your place in life and never will.

Buy it for anyone you know who cries in the shower, who drinks in the morning, whose life only has meaning when they're asleep and dreaming that they're somebody else. They will find comfort here. And if they don't, it's not your fault. They've always been this way. Some people are just all banged up. Good for you for trying to help. You're a great person. Give yourself a hand.

By the time you've figured out how the world works, you've already lost about everything you've hope to keep.

By the time you figure out how the world really works, you've already lost about everything you'd hope to keep

Just think of AIDS as . . . the guest that won't leave. The one we all hate. But you have to remember. Hey--it's still our party.

I'll put it to you simply: love is the enemy. That's my conclusion. We should all live in our little monk cells and never venture out ...

You're the enemy. You're the one who's going to defeat yourself.