Quotes About Struggle

Self-knowledge, I guess, is hard. But I think pain is harder, personally. I think to be hopeless is very hard. I think to die without hope or to live without hope is very hard.

Get real. Life is heavy. It's difficult. It's complex...even for the wise.

Success and failure are terrible traps.

In the stormy current of life characters are weights or floats which at one time make us glide along the bottom, and at another maintain us on the surface.

A small rock holds back a great wave.

The question is not, 'Do you have a problem?' The question is, 'Does the problem have you?'

Schlepping all of the equipment is the part I hate more than anything.

He must put aside his pride, his virtue, beauty and life and bow or submit to the absolutely intolerable.

There was a time when my mum would sew costumes for the dance studio so we could keep doing our classes because we couldn't afford them.

Your dreams are ballbusters; they're not the yellow brick road.

I can't walk in high heels, never mind dance in them.

Faith is put to the test when the situation is most difficult.

Whoever prays for those who hurt him lays the demons low; but he who opposes his affronter is bound to the demons.

Slaves do not always welcome their deliverers. They become accustomed to being slaves. They would rather gear those ills they have

We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification.

When those in power deny you of freedom the only path to freedom is power

It is worthwhile to live and fight courageously for sacred ideals.

The people who carried the burden, who marked in strange field in search of an answer, and ended their journeys an unwilling hero.

Our disasters have been some of the best things that ever happened to us. And what we swore were blessings have been some of the worst.

You destroy my life then feed me inspirational philosophy.

We are troubled, but we have hope and tremendous promise.

The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.

I can't let them see my doubts, or the wounds they've inflicted on me.

I had to hold my head up high and put a bold face on things, but the thoughts keep coming anyways.