--- title: "12 Stop Struggling Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Stop Struggling quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Stop Struggling sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/adyashanti-1169_challenges_the-most-challenging-thing-for-the-spiri_1793207.png" --- > [The most challenging thing for the spiritual seeker to do is to stop struggling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/the-most-challenging-thing-for-the-spiritual-seeker-to-do-is-to-stop/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/adyashanti-1169_challenges_the-most-challenging-thing-for-the-spiri_1793207.png) > [“When the devil tells you to stop struggling, do you?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-stewart/when-the-devil-tells-you-to-stop-struggling-do-you/) [Lauren Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/lauren-stewart-38620_quote_when-the-devil-tells-you-to-stop-struggl_923295.jpg) > [If you stop struggling, then you stop life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huey-newton/if-you-stop-struggling-then-you-stop-life/) [Huey Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huey-newton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/huey-newton-8581_life_if-you-stop-struggling-then-you-stop-lif_3109913.jpg) > [Stop trying, stop struggling; begin to be calm, to trust in the higher laws of life, even though you do not see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-holmes/stop-trying-stop-struggling-begin-to-be-calm-to-trust-in-the-higher/) [Ernest Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-holmes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/ernest-holmes-2229_calm_stop-trying-stop-struggling-begin-to-be_3060514.png) > [Kill me now b'coz I will not stop struggling for My life, I know won't be complete until I get that...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junior-d-r-l-testament/kill-me-now-b-coz-i-will-not-stop-struggling-for-my-life-i-know-won-t/) [Junior Dè Rèál Testament](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junior-d-r-l-testament/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8b/junior-d-r-l-testament-741_kill-me-now_kill-me-now-b-coz-i-will-not-stop-strugg_1844308.jpg) > [“Stop struggling to be what you already are rather develop what you are or what you have”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akubuiro-chidera/stop-struggling-to-be-what-you-already-are-rather-develop-what-you/) [Akubuiro Chidera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akubuiro-chidera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bb/akubuiro-chidera-54031_develop_stop-struggling-to-be-what-you-already-a_342651.jpg) > [A further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/a-further-sign-of-health-is-that-we-don-t-become-undone-by-fear-and/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/pema-ch-dr-n-327_fear_a-further-sign-of-health-is-that-we-don_1865224.jpg) > [Stop resisting your problems so furiously in your mind. Stop struggling to solve them. If you do that, a great sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-vincent-peale/stop-resisting-your-problems-so-furiously-in-your-mind-stop/) [Norman Vincent Peale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-vincent-peale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/norman-vincent-peale-539_ifs_stop-resisting-your-problems-so-furiousl_704494.jpg) > [“Your strength will be found when you stop struggling with yourself, instead of thinking everyone is a struggle worth overcoming. Every obstacle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-l-alder/your-strength-will-be-found-when-you-stop-struggling-with-yourself/) [Shannon L. Alder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-l-alder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/shannon-l-alder-363_beliefs_your-strength-will-be-found-when-you-sto_487156.jpg) > [We can stop struggling with what occurs and see its true face without calling it the enemy. It helps to remember that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/we-can-stop-struggling-with-what-occurs-and-see-its-true-face-without/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/pema-ch-dr-n-327_accomplishing-anythi_we-can-stop-struggling-with-what-occurs_2747145.png) > [The most difficult thing for spiritual seekers to do is to stop struggling, striving, seeking, and searching. Why? Because in the absence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/the-most-difficult-thing-for-spiritual-seekers-to-do-is-to-stop/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/adyashanti-1169_absence_the-most-difficult-thing-for-spiritual-s_2946774.png) > [“long have you been hiding in there struggling to keep it all together? Any time anything goes wrong in the protective model…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-a-singer/long-have-you-been-hiding-in-there-struggling-to-keep-it-all-together/) [Michael A. Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-a-singer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/michael-a-singer-7009_adversity_long-have-you-been-hiding-in-there-strug_1241609.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stop-struggling/#itemlist", "name": "Stop Struggling Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most challenging thing for the spiritual seeker to do is to stop struggling.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adyashanti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/the-most-challenging-thing-for-the-spiritual-seeker-to-do-is-to-stop/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/adyashanti-1169_challenges_the-most-challenging-thing-for-the-spiri_1793207.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/adyashanti-1169_challenges_the-most-challenging-thing-for-the-spiri_1793207.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/adyashanti-1169_challenges_the-most-challenging-thing-for-the-spiri_1793207.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The most challenging thing for the spiritual seeker to do is to stop struggling.” — Adyashanti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When the devil tells you to stop struggling, do you?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Stewart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-stewart/when-the-devil-tells-you-to-stop-struggling-do-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/lauren-stewart-38620_quote_when-the-devil-tells-you-to-stop-struggl_923295.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/lauren-stewart-38620_quote_when-the-devil-tells-you-to-stop-struggl_923295.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/lauren-stewart-38620_quote_when-the-devil-tells-you-to-stop-struggl_923295.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When the devil tells you to stop struggling, do you?” — Lauren Stewart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you stop struggling, then you stop life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Huey Newton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huey-newton/if-you-stop-struggling-then-you-stop-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/huey-newton-8581_life_if-you-stop-struggling-then-you-stop-lif_3109913.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/huey-newton-8581_life_if-you-stop-struggling-then-you-stop-lif_3109913.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/huey-newton-8581_life_if-you-stop-struggling-then-you-stop-lif_3109913.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you stop struggling, then you stop life.” — Huey Newton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Stop trying, stop struggling; 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