Quotes about Struggle
What Saint has ever won his crown without first contending for it?
— St. Jerome
To reach something good, it is useful to have gone astray.
— Teresa of Avila
The soul lets out some sighs — not great ones — because it can do no more; they are felt within.
— Teresa of Avila
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.—Lamentations
— Stephanie Grace Whitson
Ever feel like God is a million miles away? The truth is, he's not. Whatever struggle you're going through, you can rest assured you're not alone. You have God in your corner.
— Rick Warren
Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover seeds of truth.
— Virginia Woolf
Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.
— George Eliot
No matter how long it takes or how desperately a person battles or denies, the truth always-always-makes itself known.
— Andy Andrews
Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.
— John Eldredge
Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate unnecessary afflictions as well.
— Watchman Nee
Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
— John Milton
Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.
— Erica Jong