Quotes about Struggle
The road to medical school started with a job mowing lawns I was far from sure I could handle.
— Mark Vonnegut
if the man did not find something to die for,he will not fit to life...
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It's all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
unearned suffering is redemptive.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.