#struggle

The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#fatigued #greater #harassed #humanity #itself

With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#struggle #stupidity #themselves #vain

The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is. ↗

— Robert H. Schuller

#average man #different #hardest #man #something

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

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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

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

— Madame de Stael

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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

My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#brave #citizens #day #democratic #each

Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#optimism #resistance #struggle #optimism

Procrastination can wait for Tomorrrow. ↗

— Michelle Marie

#fair #internal #my #struggle #things