Quotes About Struggle

The arc of the moral universe is long, and it bends toward justice.

Lord, I hope no one will have to die as a result of our struggle for freedom here in Montgomery. Certainly I don't want to die. But if anyone has to die, let it be me!

If young George felt closer to his grandfather than to his own father, it was probably because George Wallace, Sr., was almost totally absorbed in a ceaseless, savage, losing cat-fight with life.

Accepting is most valuable when we are powerless to make a difference. Yet our ineffectuality is precisely the condition we are most loath to accept. It triggers our finest moments of counterproductive behavior.

Improvement is hard. If it were easy, we'd already be better.

But simple is far from easy.

We think we are in sync with our environment, but actually it's at war with us.

At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs.

I have never met a man who wanted to be bad," writes George MacLeod. "The mystery of man is that he is bad when he wants to be good.

the doctor gestures at the X-ray where the lung crumples like a tossed poem.

You sent your last letter months ago about the poems you could not write, no words to sing when the president swears that God breathes the psalms of armies in his ear, and flags twirl by the millions to fascinate us like dogs at the dinner table.

Life isn't fair, so you have to play the best game you can with the cards you're dealt.

Sometimes you suffer for the things that are important to you.

Nel codice comune le storie passionali si agitano in acque tempestose, e se la tempesta governa, gli animi in sua balia sembrano meno responsabili. Invece la sua anima pareva ferma in una cala tranquilla.

People with [Chronic Fatigue] who kill themselves are the millenium's favorite type of disabled citizens-- those who will walk quietly among the healthy, then quietly dispose of themselves.

There is no Death with Dignity when people choose to die because health care economics and the social services system prevent life with dignity.

Mi dolor es un fallo que no puedo permitirme. La prueba irrefutable de una inteligencia débil

estaba convencido de que triunfar en este mundo que a él le parecía una mierda era una forma de equivocarse.

Valls permanecía aletargado dentro de su bola de excrementos, pajitas y tierra como la larva subterránea del escarabajo pelotero.

King abhorred slavery. But he struggled over how to fight it while remaining true to the religious pacifism he had inherited from his grandmother.

She thought accepting religious maxims meant abdicating independence and not personally struggling with profound questions. It was like learning chemistry by a book rather than an experiment.

People like us… we all have places that don't heal entirely. We just get used to the occasional stab of pain and keep going.

Failure was the fire in the crucible of greatness. Every time a woman made a mistake, she should just think back, examine it, and figure out how to avoid making that mistake again. Shay wanted to believe that, but her heart wouldn't let her. No. Mistakes burned in her soul, reminders of her failure and the fact that she wasn't the best in the world at something.

I like the place because, first and foremost, the beer is of excellent quality, and secondly, because the name is a reminder that greatness often has a cost. Few people accomplish anything of merit without sacrifice." Shay shrugged. "True enough, but some people don't seek greatness." "Alas, sometimes greatness is thrust upon people.