Quotes about Struggle

every troubled time and every troubled person.

Temptation is attractive; otherwise it wouldn't be tempting. And it's dangerous because it's attractive.

Prayer is the kind of exercise that can lead to discouragement if we're not careful. Some of you reading this chapter are discouraged right now, because you keep trying to pray but you can't be consistent with it. Some of you are discouraged because you pray every day and still God has not answered your request.

The devil may win the battle—but Christ has already won the war.

Violence has followed our species every step of the way in its long journey through time.

I abide where there is a fight against wrong.

The kind of life I led really affected my family.

I was always anxious about whether I'd find a career I loved or be able to afford to buy a house.

I knew some of the army quite well.

Some Christians feel embarrassed to admit doubts because they've been told that if they just had enough faith, they'd harbor no doubts. They worry that people might find out about their doubts and, consequently, think less of them as Jesus's followers. If we meet someone who struggles in this way, let's be ready to remind them that since God knows our doubts already, we have nothing to lose and everything to gain by admitting them and asking for help.

if it happens that the soul is attached or inclined to a thing inordinately, that one should move himself, putting forth all his strength, to come to the contrary of what he is wrongly drawn to.

The butterfly needs the hardship to make it strong enough to fly. The struggle pumps fluid to its wings and gives it the strength to survive. If I were to help it by cutting away the chrysalis, it would die. So all we can do is stand back and observe its own efforts to free itself.