Quotes about Struggle
Whose life testifies to the truth that there is no shame in being oppressed: Those who should be ashamed are they who oppress others.
— Nelson Mandela
If we do not have a deep foundation of faith and a solid testimony of truth, we may have difficulty withstanding the harsh storms and icy winds of adversity which inevitably come to each of us.
— Thomas Monson
In the struggle for existence, it is only on those who hang on for ten minutes after all is hopeless, that hope begins to dawn.
— GK Chesterton
I have been somebody who has not written a great deal about the truth of my family's life.
— Anne Lamott
It is a dreadful truth that the state of having to depend solely on God is what we all dread most.... It is good of Him to force us; but dear me, how hard to feel that it is good at the time.
— CS Lewis
Science never cheered up anyone. The truth about the human situation is just too awful.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The truth is that when it comes to suffering, if we do not go to our graves in confusion, we will not go to our graves trusting. Explanations are a substitute for trust.
— Tullian Tchividjian
...oppression is as American as apple pie...
— Audre Lorde
The best come from the worst
— Michael Jordan
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
— Michael Jordan
There's nobody who doesn't have problems with the church, because there's sin in the church. But there's no other place to be a Christian except the church.
— Eugene Peterson
I groan daily under a body of sin and corruption. Oh for the time when I shall drop this flesh, and be free from sin!
— Charles Spurgeon