Quotes by Struggle Nothing is more inspiring to see how poor and suffering people, living under conditions incomparably worse than we endure, continue quietly and unpretentiously with courageous and committed struggle for justice and dignity. Noam Chomsky strugglejusticepeople What do you know about life? " Bitterness ached in her throat. " You were born with everything. You never had to struggle for a single thing you wanted, never had to worry if you'd be accepted or loved or wanted back." He stared at her, grateful for the moment that she couldn't see that he'd spent nearly half of his life worrying that she, the single thing he wanted, would accept him, love him, and want him back. Nora Roberts gratefulstruggleworry There have been many measures taken to try to turn the educational system towards more control, more indoctrination, more vocational training, imposing a debt, which traps students and young people into a life of conformity... That's the exact opposite of [what] traditionally comes out of The Enlightenment. And there's a constant struggle between those. In the colleges, in the schools, do you train for passing tests, or do you train for creative inquiry? Noam Chomsky educationaltakenstruggle It takes struggle, a goal and enthusiasm to make a champion. Norman Vincent Peale struggleinspirationalcommitment All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially power struggles,and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together. Octavia Butler designstruggletwo Everything is a meaningless struggle against nothing and when people say that the world has become a better place that is a false development-optimism. Nothing exists which ever becomes better. Everything stays the same. Somehow, there is nothing. That is so sad. Nothing to come to. Everything is an illusion. A very sweet illusion. Odd Nerdrum strugglesweetpeople I have superfine, superoily hair, so my struggle is always trying to get the volume I want. I end up not doing much with it ever. Odette Annable always-tryingstrugglehair What characterizes a poem is its necessary dependence on words as much as its struggle to transcend them. Octavio Paz poetrystruggleart [T]he individual in whom the will for the light is strong and clear finds his heart inextricably bound up with the struggle of the forces of light in his native place and time. Much as he may long for the opportunity of fuller self- expression in a happier world, he knows that for him self-expression is impossible save in the world in which his mind is rooted. The individual in whom the will for the light is weak soon persuades himself that his opportunity lies elsewhere. Olaf Stapledon strongstrugglelying We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities. Norman Vincent Peale simplicitystrugglemotivational Evaluating countries is senseless and I would never put things in those terms, but that some of America's advances, particularly in the area of free speech, that have been achieved by centuries of popular struggle, are to be admired. Noam Chomsky strugglecountryamerica When prayer is a struggle, do not worry about the prayers that you cannot pray. You yourself are a prayer to God at that moment. All that is within you cries out to Him, and He hears all the pleas that your suffering soul and body are making to Him with groanings which cannot be uttered. Ole Hallesby soul-and-bodystruggleprayer Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better... or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future. Og Mandino strugglemotivationalinspirational To strive in prayer means to struggle through those hindrances which would restrain or even prevent us entirely from continuing in persevering prayer. It means to be so watchful at all times that we can notice when we become slothful in prayer and that we go to the Spirit of prayer to have this remedied. In this struggle, too, the decisive factor is the Spirit of prayer. Ole Hallesby struggleprayermean Government intervention is not solving the problems, and in fact the governments around the world that are intervening the most in their economies are struggling more. Oliver DeMille governmentstruggleworld Each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence. Og Mandino skillsstruggleinspirational Stop resisting your problems so furiously in your mind. Stop struggling to solve them. If you do that, a great sense of peace followed by a great sense of power will come to you. Norman Vincent Peale problemstrugglemind The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it. Oliver Goldsmith adversitystrugglemen Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Og Mandino obstaclesvictory-and-defeatstruggle Some of the most moving experiences I've had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where people were getting beaten, killed, really struggling for the most elementary rights. 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