Quotes about Struggle

Life is hard but so very beautiful

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.

The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away. it's best to let him run.

Two principles have stood face-to-face from the beginning of time; and they will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings.

The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself, It's a slip and not a fall.

I consider the central idea pervading this struggle is the necessity that is upon us, of proving that popular govenment is not an absurdity. We must settle this question now, whether in a free government the minority have the right to break up the govenment whenever they choose. If we fail it will go far to prove the incapability of the people to govern themselves.

It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong - throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time; and wll ever to struggle.

Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freemen.

being used now, in order to force slavery on to Kansas; for it cannot be done in any other way. [Sensation.] The

The heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart.

Those who strive are often watched by others who will take advantage of their defeat to benefit themselves.