Quotes about Struggle
It is experiences of being overwhelmed, nearly destroyed, & surprisingly given life that empower us to pray & sing.
— Walter Brueggemann
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
— Henry Ward Beecher
We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other.
— Thomas Jefferson
Our valleys may be filled with foes and tears; but we can lift our eyes to the hills to see God and the angels, heaven's spectators, who support us according to God's infinite wisdom as they prepare our welcome home.
— Billy Graham
Sometimes the Lord rides out the storm with us and other times He calms the restless sea around us. Most of all, He calms the storm inside us in our deepest inner soul.
— Lloyd John Ogilvie
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
— Seneca
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear... is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
— Vince Lombardi
But are not this struggle and even the mistakes one may make better, and do they not develop us more, than if we kept systematically away from emotions?
— Vincent Van Gogh
I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
— Vincent Van Gogh
I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
— Vincent Van Gogh
In spite of everything, I shall rise again; I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.
— Vincent Van Gogh
Only when I fall do I get up again.
— Vincent Van Gogh