Quotes About Struggle

No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.

Perhaps the only comfort which remains Is the unheeded clanking of my chains, The which I make, and call it melody.

Men of England, heirs of Glory, Heroes of unwritten story, Nurslings of one mighty Mother, Hopes of her, and one another; Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you- Ye are many — they are few

When the storm-cloud that lowers o'er the daybeam is gone, Unchanged, unextinguished its life-spring will shine; When Erin has ceased with their memory to groan, She will smile through the tears of revival on thine.

Cold hopes swarm like worms within our living clay.

Yet if thou wilt, as 'tis destiny of trodden worms to writhe till they are dead, put forth thy might.

I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!

Alas! this is not what I thought life was. I knew that there were crimes and evil men, Misery and hate; nor did I hope to pass Untouched by suffering, through the rugged glen. In mine own heart I saw as in a glass The hearts of others ... And when I went among my kind, with triple brass Of calm endurance my weak breast I armed, To bear scorn, fear, and hate, a woeful mass!

Yet am I king over myself, and rule The torturing and conflicting throngs within. - Prometheus Unbound

Siamo noi che, perduti in tempestose visioni, conduciamo una vana lotta contro gli spettri, e in una folle trance con il coltello dello spirito colpiamo, invulnerabili, nulla.

How much longer will man continue to pimp for the gluttony of death, his most insidious, implacable, and eternal foe?

I Fall upon the thorns of life....

The mainstreaming of African American history was a byproduct of the long black freedom struggle, the early black history movement, and the black student movement of the Black Power era.

P]olitics is always a Kampfplatz.

Falling in love with another man is like falling into a vast vat of yourself. For some men this is ultimately nourishing, for others . . . it is drowning.

There may be a point in your life in which you are drowning so fast and fighting it so furiously that you don't have the strength left to call out for help. At that point don't expect one of your friends to jump into the water, if you've spent most of your life instructing them to mind their own business.

I had strict rules for looking at porn. First off, I wasn't allowed to think about suicide after I looked at it. Years ago, when I'd first figured out I was a sucker for a nice hairy chest, I thought for sure I would have to kill myself before I was eighteen. The closer I got to eighteen the more I had to rethink that solution.

Both condemnation and fear can cause a Believer to live in a condition of mental torment.

if Christ is in their ship, it means He is also in their storm.

Your greatest enemy to conquer is that of practicing a lifestyle of sin.

True Gospel ministry is not a party, but a battle for souls.

if the enemy goes undetected and is not exposed, he will gain the advantage by default.

At times there is a crushing before a crowning.

Often your greatest battles come before your greatest blessings.