#struggle

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#come #conditions #deeper #defeat #essentially

I've struggled so hard to reign in my temper because it actually terrifies me. ↗

— Susannah York

#because #hard #i #me #reign

I was ready to accept the philosophy that the Party is right and that in the coming struggle you could not permit yourself any doubts after the party had made a decision. ↗

— Klaus Fuchs

#after #any #coming #could #decision

It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing songs for and what your goals are as a songwriter. So believe me, if you think I've got it down I don't it is a constant struggle. ↗

— Christine Lavin

#business #business person #constant #down #goals

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 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

Studies indicate that most of young adults struggle to grasp even the most basic financial principles that will allow them to manage money and prepare for their future. ↗

— Ron Lewis

#basic #even #financial #future #grasp

There was a generation of people who moved here to make something of themselves. They had to really struggle and created really something on their own apart from a lot of attention. It was a really exciting time here. ↗

— Arto Lindsay

#attention #created #exciting #exciting time #generation

I had heard about how people struggle and how hard it is to get into acting. But I did not care because it's something I love. ↗

— Bai Ling

#acting #because #care #did #get

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