My Struggle Quotes

The ordinary man puts up a struggle against all that is not himself, whereas it is against himself, in a limited but all-essential field, that the artist has to battle.

There's always that struggle between me wanting to keep [song] new and fresh and then be - I can never get with pop songs being so repetitive.

It's always a struggle with small films to get people in the theater. I think I have a perverse contrarian streak that's always kind of aspired to make movies that are impossible to market.

Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle.

Addiction struggle is believing you are separate from love. It took me a long time to glimpse that.

For whatever reason, I don't know why, but Cambodians learned something in their suffering and their struggle that we have lost touch with.

the enduring struggle to capture in words the infinite possibilities of a life not lived.

There is a lot more to this life than just the struggle to make money.

I know for certain people I'm championing a struggle that they're going through.

I know what it's like to struggle and to have those concerns that all mothers have.

Remember why you're running your marathon. When you're struggling with those training runs that thought will help you.

He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in a hopeless struggle of one man against the rest of the world.

It's really, really hard to watch people struggling and not want to fix it.

Myths, by their definition, involve transformations, struggles through various worlds or layers of reality and of obscuration.

Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.

Every play I do, every book I write, every painting I paint, I will struggle with. I don't know what it's like for a project to come easy.

Every single experience, every single thing that's happened in my life, struggle, obstacle, trials and tribulations, I think they've all molded me to become the character and the person who I am.

Every book is a kind of struggle, and it's a miracle when it comes out.

Talk about a struggling artist having to work against enormous odds ... But I love movies so much, so I'm going to do it.

History records no more gallant struggle than that of humanity against the truth.

My mum Margaret was a single parent, but though life was a bit of a struggle she gave me every encouragement.

There's no sense in making life seem like it's a struggle, because that doesn't make anybody feel better.

I'm very honest about the things I struggle with and I need to work on to survive as a solo artist.

We must make democracy the popular creed...If we should fail to do this, our people are bound to suffer... That is what my father said. It is the reason why I am participating in this struggle.

We are succeeding in Iraq. It's a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding.

For more than 30 years the Islamic regime and its apologists have tried to dismiss women's struggle in Iran as part of a western ploy.

When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were struggling against the implementation of the revolution rules.

When the economy is still struggling, putting people back to work, finding ways to spur economic activity, ultimately can help to reduce the structural deficits and debts that countries experience.

It's the same struggle for each of us, and the same path out: the utterly simple, infinitely wise, ultimately defiant act of loving one thing and then another, loving our way back to life.

If I were doing five cop shows, I'd probably start struggling to find an identity for each one and struggling to find inspirations.

I often find it easier to be teaching or giving to others, and often struggle with the place of my own pleasure and joy.

It is crucial for the future of the Black liberation struggle that we remain ever mindful that ours is a shared struggle, that we are each other's fate.

I feel sad that we have allowed these knee-jerk feminists who want to act like it's a struggle against men...but again that's the least politically developed strand of feminism.

Language is also a place of struggle.

Although low inflation is generally good, inflation that is too low can pose risks to the economy - especially when the economy is struggling.

I struggle to learn by rote. I've had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.

A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.

Particularly with middle-class people, self-absorption is a struggle.

The full bibliography of pamphlets relating to the Anglo-American struggle published in the colonies through the year 1776 contains not a dozen or so items but over four hundred.

Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security, not of a life of arduous struggle.

My belief is where I get my strength. When I'm struggling with something, I can go to him for help and I'm excited to share that.

There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it makes a tree which struggles to reach the sky.

There are families of every kind. I think a lot of people are struggling to make sense of their identity in a very complicated world.

Sometimes you feel in control, and it's great, but sometimes you just don't feel in control and you really have to struggle to get laughs.

It's one thing to be struggling and not really making money in your early 20s and figuring out your life. Early 30s, you start to wonder, is this ever going to happen?

It was a struggle for me as a kid and everyone knows struggle, whether it's financially, economically, your dreams of becoming whatever you want to be.

Men seek rest in a struggle against difficulties; and when they have conquered these, rest becomes insufferable.

So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

Rowing is such a fine sport. Everyone goes backward, and the leader can see his opponents as they struggle in vain.

My service solidified my respect for our freedom, and the struggle to preserve it. I know the cost of obtaining freedom, keeping it and the value of it.