Quotes About Struggle

because it requires the total surrender of my will and finally, ultimately, the wholesale destruction of my ego. That is hard. It I'm going to another world, I cry out, I want to be ME in it.

The natural beauty of the earth made hard for me to consider the pathetic struggle of humans on the face of it. The great release of death, I thought, was not from the bondage to our lovely planet- who could ever wish to leave this extraordinary place?- but from one another.

Gwen, a woman with BPD, talks about her inability to decipher the world around her. "On the day I was born, all the newborn babies got on a line to meet God and to get their How to Act in All Situations Throughout Life book. When it was my turn, God had run out of the book. Ever since that day, I have been looking over other people's shoulders so that I could read their book and know how to act.

This painful mental illness is not fair, but saying it is not fair does not change anything. Thinking that you should not have to work so hard to get through everyday life with someone with BPD does not change the fact that this is what you need to do.

The tiny bud the parents nurtured does not seem to have bloomed into the magnificent flower they expected. Parents feel as if they have been cheated or robbed; their family seems irretrievably lost to them.

Dropping out is not the answer; fucking-up is.

house like the Howards, are we?" "I don't know," said Charlie again. Kit could hardly breathe. "It'll be a struggle to keep it," said Charlie. "Dad told me that he and Mother don't own the house completely. They borrowed money from the bank to buy it, and they have to

Well, the people at the bank won't just kick us out onto the street, will they?" asked Kit. "Yes," said Charlie. "That's exactly what they'll do. You've seen those pictures in the newspapers of whole families and all their belongings out on the street with nowhere to go." "That is not going to happen to us," said Kit fiercely. "It's not." "I hope not," said Charlie.

more mouths to feed. And no wonder Mother had been short-tempered today. When she said that even though it was nobody's fault, they were still in

although he was built like an aging prizefighter, the ring had definitely won the last round.

Aquello que debe ocurrir por voluntad del dios, difícil le resulta al hombre evitarlo, y la peor de las penas humanas es precisamente esta: prever muchas cosas y no ejercer sobre ellas poder alguno. HERODOTO

Non c'è conquista che abbia senso, non c'è guerra che valga la pena di combattere. Alla fine, l'unica terra che ci rimane è quella in cui verremo sepolti.

Não é difícil morrer em batalha, com a espada em punho, morrer ao sol, no auge do êxtase, no frenesim do combate. Já uma coisa muito diferente é irmo-nos apagando lentamente, à míngua e ao abandono.

La libertad es un concepto abstracto: ¿la libertad de quién? ¿Es libre un pobre que no tiene lo suficiente para sustentarse a sí mismo y sacar adelante a su familia?

The Shia-Sunni conflict is at once a struggle for the soul of Islam… and a manifestation of the kind of tribal wars of ethnicities and identities… with which humanity has become wearily familiar.

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.

A soft and sheltered Christianity, afraid to be lean and lone, unwilling to face the storms and brave the heights, will end up fat and foul in the cages of conformity.

When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove.

Sometimes bad things happen to God's people, but even

Don't let the Enemy win. You have to fight

Sometimes you could be in an unhappy relationship you are very much in love with someone, but it's making you unhappy and you think things can change and you can work it out.

Claudine tells me there was fluid around Bolombe's heart. That the stress of his capture was too much. I always thought hearts were broken, but apparently they drown.