Quotes about Struggle

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

In almost every story, the fiercest battles often take place within.

Parents are strange and wonderful creatures. When you're small they seem bright, shiny, and invincible. As you grow, that image starts to fade. It's a sobering moment, but the time will come when you realize they are not the heroes you imagined. They are just people struggling to do the best they can, just the same as you are.You will feel let down, betrayed, even ashamed. This is the time,...when you need to forgive your parents for being human.

But if life could be worse, didn't that mean it could also be better?'" As it was, he settled for odd jobs, harvesting occasional crops, living a life that was destined never to rise above the menial. He was proof that the muzzling of motivation only makes for mediocrity, that every man needs a purpose.

Now, Audrey, to me secret: while I have days that I struggle, some pretty terrible days, it mean that I also have stunning days. I weigh them both on the same side of the scale, lesson you taught. Life is short. Life is fragile. I shall grasp it with both hands and hang on, trying always to find the joy.

Sometimes the roads we choose in life are just messy.

We cannot slay our incapacity and rise above it, but that is precisely what we wanted. Incapacity exists. No one should deny it, find fault with it or shout it down.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

The greatest of our evils and the worst of our crimes is poverty.

I'm one of the undeserving poor.