Quotes about Struggle

There has not yet been a person in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us…it is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it that counts.

We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.

Jesus has now many lovers of the heavenly kingdom but few bearers of His cross.

If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

Who struggles more than those who strive to overcome themselves?

All perfection hath some imperfection joined to it in this life, and all our power of sight is not without some darkness.

Who has a more fierce struggle than the person who strives to master himself? And this must be our occupation: to strive to master ourselves and daily to grow stronger and to advance from good to better. All

This ought to be our endeavor: to conquer ourselves and daily to grow stronger against ourselves, and to grow in holiness.