Quotes about Struggle
Christianity doesn't offer a smooth flight; it provides a safe landing. The promise of Jesus is not one of happiness, He promises righteousness.
— Ray Comfort
I have sought happiness through many ages and not found it.
— Virginia Woolf
Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.
— Victor Hugo
Life is a sea of sorrow in the midst of islands of happiness.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Be grateful for your difficulties and challenges, for they hold blessings. In fact... Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health personal growth, individuation and self-actualisation.
— Carl Jung
The more I become decomposed, the more sick and fragile I am, the more I become an artist.
— Vincent Van Gogh
There is no greater mercy that I know of on earth than good health except it is sickness, and that has often been a greater mercy to me than health.
— Charles Spurgeon
When I took on the drug companies and the insurance companies for universal health care coverage, they went after me with a vengeance.
— Hillary Clinton
When our weaknesses affect health and friendship, we are very much aware of their existence.
— Mother Angelica
I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
— Vincent Van Gogh
Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe.
— Joni Eareckson Tada