Struggle Quotes

"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just."
-Abraham Lincoln

"I have had to fight like hell and fighting like hell has made me what I am."
-John Arbuthnot Fisher

"What's the Christian-bashing all about? Simple - a struggle for the soul of America is under way, a struggle to determine whose views, values, beliefs and standards will serve as the basis of law."
-Patrick Buchanan

"I'm struggling at the end to get out of the valley of hectoring youth, journalistic middle age, imposture, moneymaking, public relations, bad writing, mental confusion."
-Stephen Spender

"The struggle is confused; our knight wins by no clean thrust of lance or sword, but the dragon somehow poops out, and decent democracy is victor."
-Norman Thomas

"Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel."
-Bella Abzug

"Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The triumph can't be had without the struggle."
-Wilma Rudolph

"Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change."
-Andre Gide

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
-Friedrich Nietzsche

"Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle."
-Wilma Rudolph

"Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way."
-Oprah Winfrey

"Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."
-Oprah Winfrey

"It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure."
-Horace Mann

"Here's what I've learned about dogs: They're a lot like pretty girls. Having one or two around makes everything more fun, but when you get a whole bunch together, it turns into one big power struggle."
-Scott Westerfeld

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
-Edmund Burke

"Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary."
-Sarah Ban Breathnach

"The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility."
-Eric Hoffer

"Our overall goal is to win so that we can have a good winning record. We need to stay mentally focused for 80 minutes. I think that's the biggest struggle that we have had this season."
-Rachael Scoggin

"'To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.'"
-Carlos Castaneda

"Depressed valuations may help fuel acquisitions in specialty finance and asset management and brokerage, as buyers can pick up strong franchises at discount prices. But as buyers continue to struggle with their own business and past deals, M&A will probably remain flat for some time."
-Bjorn Turnquist

"It's a failed policy. Basically, we gave corporations everything they asked for without a struggle . . . I find it totally outrageous when the government says we have too much capacity (mills) and then signs off on raw-log exports."
-Bill Routley

"We have to take whatever positives there are away from this series. We have to keep battling. After losing that first game we kept fighting in game two. We kept coming back. We put ourselves in a situation to win it. We just have to go out and get it done. We have to do the same things we were doing that got us to the point before we started to struggle."
-Matt Diblasi

"It was a titanic struggle, no doubt about it. We knew it was going to be tough and it's going to be tough again on Tuesday. Down the stretch our will to win and the crowd was the difference."
-Al Westover

"A rebound today will allay fears the consumer sector is continuing to struggle. The improvement in the housing market should bolster consumer spending."
-Gavin Redknap

"This was a perfect game heading into the tournament. Union Grove came out to play and we needed to struggle and show that we could come back in the fourth quarter. We played a fantastic fourth quarter."
-Mark Peperkorn

"I don't think it's that unusual for young pitchers starting out to struggle a little bit."
-Chuck Hernandez

"There is no more important struggle for American democracy than ensuring a diverse, independent and free media. Free Press is at the heart of that struggle."
-Bill Moyers