#struggle

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#americas #columbus #conquer #discover #great

I've always had a fascination with vampires. It's not that I'm exactly fascinated with the dark side. It's the human struggle with it. How we deal with those two aspects of who we are. We all have those elements. ↗

— Sheryl Lee

#aspects #dark #dark side #deal #elements

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#category #causes #classes #despair #does

I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's a horrible habit. I struggle with myself all the time. And I love to smoke. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#am #ashamed #given #habit #had

I've been in the struggle over seventy years - it doesn't bother me I may not win. ↗

— Al Lewis

#bother #i #i may not #may #me

The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago. ↗

— Al Lewis

#ago #goes #i #long #long time

What motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman, a peasant woman, struggled all her life, worked in the garment center. ↗

— Al Lewis

#center #garment #her #immigrant #life

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#beasts #because #cannot #capitalists #criminals

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be. ↗

— Ninon de L'Enclos

#become #defeat #either #every #everything

It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

#feeble #first #growth #living #mind