Quotes About Struggle

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.

Nothing like ADHD and a good fight to the death to make time fly

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

You cannot escape what you have to deal with inside yourself. It will never bring good things. It will only bring madness.

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

It is discouraging to try to be a good neighbor in a bad neighborhood.

I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.

I was not a very good football player when I started out.

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

Our best performances are so stained with sin, that it is hard to know whether they are good works or bad works.

I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can't be locked up with anyone for too long.

I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection and self-doubt. I wish I could embrace the good things.

People with depression have something very valuable to teach us... how to live when it doesn't ever feel good.

I'm going to be pulling my pants up all day, and I'm just going to have a terrible day. Because if your clothes don't fit, just like bras or anything, it's not a good day.

If you see a good fight, get in it and fight to win it!

I firmly believe that we're all good people, but sometimes it's hard to understand how to do good.

[Addiction's] not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.

Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.

If you're poor, you don't often live near a good school. If it's a competitive public school program, our kids are not prepared to enter those programs.

Marrying into money was not a good thing for me.

I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.

Whatever happened to the good old days: you know, dirty attics, tuberculosis and general all-round suffering?

Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.

For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.