All of us know about learning life's lessons through pain, struggle, and loss. But few of us realize that it is often… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
I wanted to present a sweep and scope of larger events, and a grander backdrop, but most important was to set against… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Wide horizons lead the soul to broad ideas; circumscribed horizons engender narrow ideas; this sometimes condemns great hearts to become small minded.Broad… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I was in the death struggle with self: God and Satan fought for my soul those three long hours. God conquered —… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Some women are meant to change the world, while others are meant to hold it together. And then there are those of… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Books are to be called for and supplied on the assumption that the process of reading is not a half-sleep, but in… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Our bodies must always be wherever that struggle and the moment we forget that, the moment we become lazy, the moment we… — William Kunstler Copy Share Image
I find in all the artists that I admire most a disturbing element, a distortion, giving evidence of a struggle . .… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
Cuban artists had, for a while, a privileged position within Cuba that is probably going to become slightly less restricted to them.… — Rachael Price Copy Share Image
The most degrading of human passions is the fear of death. It tears away the restraints and the conventions which alone make… — Gertrude Bell Copy Share Image
It is fatal for any body of workers to have forever hanging from the fringes of its skirts other bodies on a… — Florence Kelley Copy Share Image
Forget being 'discovered.' All you can do is write. If you write well enough, and are stubborn enough to embrace failure, and… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
At the beginning of the struggle the holy commandments of God must be fulfilled with a certain forcefulness of will (cf. Mt.… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
My understanding of voodoo is that it was important to the people who practiced it because it helped them survive. There are… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
We are the most illusioned society on the planet. We have to become adults. And it's hard; it's painful. I struggle with… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Little Montenegro! He lifted up the words and nodded at them-with his smile. The smile comprehended Montenegro’s troubled history and sympathized with… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I don't know why songwriters struggle. They have to, I guess. If you're a young songwriter, quit struggling. It makes you look… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share Image
When I see siblings in some families not get along, I just struggle with that. My wife says I need to be… — Archie Manning Copy Share Image
Every struggle in your past has shaped you into the person you are today. Take God's hand and step into your future… — Surgeo Bell Copy Share Image
Soaring prescription drug costs have placed a tremendous strain on family budgets. They have also imposed a heavy burden on employers -… — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
It's hard to stay strong when you look around and every part of your world is crumbling down, and you can't do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In his own way each man must struggle, lest the moral law become a far-off abstraction utterly separated from his active life.” — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at no time… — Pete Holiday Copy Share Image
One struggles always with these norms. So one doesn't construct oneself freely without respect to norm but one works with one's historical… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Every struggle in life shapes you into a person with strong frame of mind. Be thankful for the hard times which made… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and pass into the state of belief; while… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
“The struggle is against a nation that will always spit in its grandchildren's faces for immediate profit. As Vizenor would say, ‘Their… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
Sometimes life is like a dark tunnel. Though you can not always see the light at the end, if you keep going… — Uncle Iroh Copy Share Image
Never forget that God only gives what he knows you can handle. There is no situation that you are experiencing alone. God… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
The paths of life are not how I imagined them to be, they are not how how I believed them to and… — Raul Mendez Copy Share Image
Even though I didn't realize that I was about to launch into a two-year struggle, a deep and compelling sense told me… — Julia Butterfly Hill Copy Share Image
Unremembered and afar I watched as I watched a star, Through darkness struggling into view And I loved you better than you… — Elizabeth Chase Allen Copy Share Image
While few religious leaders and scholars would doubt the commonalities that exist among the various religious groups, the followers of these religions… — Alcee Hastings Copy Share Image
It's not a very secure industry. I've spoken to a couple of people recently who had a successful TV show and then… — Mackenzie Crook Copy Share Image
Creativity is the result of a struggle between vitality and form. As anyone who has tried to write a sonnet or scan… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
O wretched state! O bosom black as death! O limed soul that, struggling to be free, art more engaged! Help, angels! Make… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
America must begin the struggle for democracy at home. The advocacy of free elections in Europe by American officials is hypocrisy when… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Being born with a disability, can sometimes be a struggle, but it is the ability to overcome such a challenge, that makes… — Robert M. Hensel Copy Share Image
The way people respond to struggles or express their feelings in difficult situations are very different. I like imagining how characters would… — Lee Yoon-ki Copy Share Image
Aguilar Zinser played a crucial role in the struggle for democracy in Mexico. He was on the right side of that battle,… — Denise Dresser Copy Share Image
