Quotes About Struggle

A bee bumped against the wall.

It's no use, Userref, I can't go back.' 'You must,' he said gently. 'This isn't about being free any more, it's more than that now.

Demons. Eagerly,

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

First of all, plain and simple, you have no real idea of what it means to be famous until you become famous. It's a double-edged sword. Obviously there are a lot of amazing things about fame, but there are also a lot of challenging things about it.

Except...except for this demon thing. I couldn't control it. And now I can't change back. Of course I was able to scare Chris off. I scared him by how ugly I am." He shook his head. "Princess, there's nothing ugly about you.

I gritted my teeth. "I don't like you." "My heart is breaking." "Screw you." He shrugged and then grimaced as if the wound on his shoulder caused him massive pain. "We can do that, too, if you like, but I'll need to be unchained first. Then again, we can bring the chains with us if you're into that sort of thing.

Hope is often bitter, but it drives us, and we cling.

If hearts really could sink, Kaylin's was busily rearranging her internal organs.

Is this some sort of test?" "Everything that doesn't kill you is." "Mind you," he added, "surviving doesn't always mean you passed.

I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.

have to work through some problems, period.

Sometimes people had to hit rock bottom to get to the Rock at the bottom.

Some folk need a few good homeless, hungry, sleepless nights to make the voice of God real clear. Other folk need a soft bed and a warm meal before they can hear Him. He knows, and He has to let me know, too.

Of all the changes in my life since becoming a mother, the lack of quiet time with God was the one that discouraged me most. Going to church on Sunday and most Wednesdays was inspiring, yet I felt like I was running on spiritual fumes most of the week. My relationship with God seemed like a series of snippets whispered throughout the day. Text messages. No conversation. No intimacy.

rolled my eyes, shook my head and whispered, "Jesus, be a strait jacket.

when someone is going out of their way to make you miserable, recognize that it's the enemy using that person to discourage you.

submittin' to my husband ain't never been my strong point. I be tryin', Lord knows I do. And it help when you got a good husband. But the promise God made in the garden of Eden, about puttin' enmity between the husband and wife, He wasn't lyin'! Every husband and wife have they times when they get out of line.

we're believers. We have an enemy in the land. We shouldn't have to apologize to one another for being attacked—we all go through it.

We all got temptations.

Am I really dead in Christ? Colossians 3:3. Is my new life gonna be terrible? John 10:10. What if I want my old life back? Matthew 16:25.

She certainly hadn't been spending as much time with the Lord as she used to—not with starting the business and working seemingly twenty-five hours a day to stay on top of deadlines. No wonder I'm near bankrupt.

You try to be good, to be good and loving and nice and not hard, not tough, a sweet nice girl, not ugly, not full of ugliness, but people make it impossible.

This is growing up, having to stomp out love, this is how people turn terrible.