Quotes About Struggle

The feeling of pity in others is very difficult for a man to bear, and it is hardest of all when the pity is deserved.

Le journalisme est un enfer, un abîme d'iniquités, de mensonges, de trahisons, que l'on ne peut traverser et d'où l'on ne peut sortir pur, que protégé comme Dante par le divin laurier de Virgile.

Like the moth whose feet are caught in the molten wax of a candle, Rouget rapidly used up his remaining energy.

En se résignant, le malheureux consomme son malheur.

Çocuklu?umu, delikanl?l???m? anlatt?m ona; size anlatt???m gibi uzaktan hüküm vererek de?il, yaralar? hala kanayan genç adam?n ate?li sözleriyle... ... Bir ara sessiz geçti. Bu sessizlikte ruhlar?m?z ?u avutucu dü?ünce içinde birbiriyle evlendiler: Demek ki ac? çeken bir ben de?ilmi?im!

La resignación es un suicidio cotidiano.

Vouloir nous brûle et pouvoir nous détruit; mais savoir laisse notre faible organisation dans un perpétuel état de calme.

When you think that most of us are doomed by divine grace to roast in hell, to say nothing of mortgages and hail and bad crops and extravagant womenfolks, 'tain't any laughing matter!

James 1:14, 15: "But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Your problems and mine, they are nothing new. They are all just another small part of the generic nightmare.

Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.

Revolution has become a sort of violent and hollow routine.

'I wish for a better life. I wish for food for my children. I wish that sexual abuse and exploitation in schools would stop.' This is the dream of the African girl.

somewhere deep in my heart there is a buried seed, a seed of hope. It isn't even a light. I can't see any light to guide me out of this cruel and unfair world. But that seed of hope has always existed, and it implants itself in my mind. Its power is strong. It makes me feel that one day everything will be all right. It is my escape, and my secret dream.

why do we waste ourselves at twenty scrambling for positions just so we can work for someone else?

I have spent myself on all kinds of things I have advanced much politically but I have written little and moreover have written it badly.

I am a person always full of contradictions... It was hard to choose whether to devote myself to revolution as a soldier or as a writer.

Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine for writing.

Kaysone Phoumvihan

So like it or not, the question for us, as it has always been for working women, is how will we navigate the emotional mine field of love and power, career and family?

She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.

For every successful actor or actress, there are countless numbers who don't make it. The name of the game is rejection. You go to an audition and you're told you're too tall or you're too Irish or your nose is not quite right. You're rejected for your education, you're rejected for this or that and it's really tough.

I had done some flimflam movies, but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore.

He [the informer] was a poor weak human being like themselves, a human soul, weak and helpless in suffering, shivering in the toils of the eternal struggle of the human soul with pain.