Quotes about Struggle

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.

If you need me to tell you that if you serve God, he'll heal your body and fix every one of your problems, if you need that, you're lost.

There is nothing remotely dignified about sorting through rotting trash to find something to feed your child, or asking someone for money because you have none (anyone who has contrived to give people money before they had to ask will never forget the look of gratitude in their eyes).

I have tried so hard to do right.

I've tried to rap, and I cannot do it.

Religious life is an encounter with the living God. Sometimes that encounter is preceded by a kind of soul-searching agony that tries desperately not to hear, runs in the opposite direction, and frantically tries to reason itself out of answering the invitation.

It is a troubled soul that forces the human being to act. It is some kind of gangrene within you, inside of you, that eats your soul, that forces you to save your soul.

Many today feel troubled and distressed; many feel that, at any moment, the ships of their lives could capsize or sink.

I'd think, 'In a relationship, we should never have his kind of fight.' Then, instead of figuring out how to make it work, I looked for a way to get out of it. The truth is, you shouldn't be married if your that kind of person.

Two of the most frustrated trades are dentists and photographers - dentists because they want to be doctors, and photographers because they want to be painters.

And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land