Quotes about Struggle

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

Now, justification in this life is given to us according to these three things: first by the laver of regeneration by which all sins are forgiven; then, by a struggle with the faults from whose guilt we have been absolved; the third, when our prayer is heard, in which we say: Forgive us our debts, because however bravely we fight against our faults, we are men; but the grace of God so aids as we fight in this corruptible body that there is reason for His hearing us as we ask forgiveness.

What Saint has ever won his crown without first contending for it?

To reach something good, it is useful to have gone astray.

The soul lets out some sighs — not great ones — because it can do no more; they are felt within.

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.—Lamentations

Ever feel like God is a million miles away? The truth is, he's not. Whatever struggle you're going through, you can rest assured you're not alone. You have God in your corner.

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover seeds of truth.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

No matter how long it takes or how desperately a person battles or denies, the truth always-always-makes itself known.

Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.

Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate unnecessary afflictions as well.