Quotes about Struggle

Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.

But I had to work ten times as hard to get half the attention.

Satan is a liar. He wants to steal our joy and replace it with hopelessness. When we're up against a struggle and we think we can't keep going, we can change that by praising God. Our chains will fall from us. Meese encouraged me by reminding me of the real reason we have for fully living this life. It's to give everything we have to God--even the heartbreaks and pain. God is our reason to live.

Most of the time when people have that if-you-can-do-it attitude, I nod, acknowledge what they're saying, and add, "I'm just doing the best I can." And really, that's all I did during the worst days. Sometimes "the best I can" was nothing but to endure. Even when I struggled with depression, it was still the best I could do.

Lay siege to your sins, and starve them out by keeping away the food and fuel which is their maintenance and life.

Into every life there come the painful, despairing days of adversity.

Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.

It's a fact of earthly life that when God opens the windows of heaven to bless us, the devil opens the doors of hell to blast us. When God begins moving, the devil fires up all his artillery.

The problem sincere Christians have with God often comes down to a wrong understanding of what this life is meant to provide.

The great test of life is ... not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage.

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

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.