#rug

The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#battle #cases #difficulties #fought #honor

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#amidst #been #difficulty #done #duty

The child now shewed her a narrow and rugged descent, made by cutting the red clay and stones, of which the cliffs are here composed, into a sort of rude steps. ↗

— Charlotte Smith

#clay #cliffs #composed #cutting #descent

We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to buy prescription drugs for old people, and we must do it... for the children. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#children #food #generations #mouths #must

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#life #life is a #religious #religious life #struggle

The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#history #long #long struggle #past #struggle

I struggle with control. ↗

— Kate Walsh

#i #struggle

There is no struggle, rift, fight between those who claim the banner of the tea party and those who are in the Republican Party. We work together. ↗

— Michael Steele

#between #claim #fight #party #republican

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#alike #coercion #find #fruitless #itself

When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#boat #came #developed #favourite #feet