Struggle Quotes

• Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Waiting, Suffering

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.10, Beacon Press

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• The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters

  Antonio Gramsci

  Dying, Monsters, World

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• Passion is power,
  And, kindly tempered, saves. All things declare
  Struggle hath deeper peace than sleep can bring.

  William Vaughn Moody

  Passion, Sleep, Deeper

  William Vaughn Moody, John Mattews Manly (1912). “The Poems and Plays of William Vaughn Moody: With an Introduction by John M. Manly ...”

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  The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

  Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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• Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success.

  Will Smith

  Inspiring, Trust, Inspiration

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• Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticises you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

  Leah LaBelle

  Motivational, Positive, Being Strong

  "Jack Wilshere out for three months as Arsène Wenger's injury list grows" by David Hytner, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2014.

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• Never underestimate the pain of a person, because in all honesty, everyone is struggling. some people are better at hiding it than others.

  Will Smith

  Inspirational, Honesty, Pain

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• Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.

  John Steinbeck

  Good Things, Worthwhile, Grows

  John Steinbeck (2006). “In Dubious Battle”, p.176, Penguin

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• I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in the ass I've gotten over the years for being black and everything else, without actually saying a word about it.

  Ray Charles

  Song, Lying, Heart

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• Struggles make you stronger and the changes make you wiser and happiness has its own way of taking its sweet time. Life isn't always lovely, but it's a beautiful ride.

  Gary Allan

  Life, Beautiful, Sweet

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• Don't expect anyone to give you anything. If you really believe in something, then fight for it.

  Damon Dash

  Motivational, Believe, Fighting

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• The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive, and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

  Helen Keller

  Cancer, Blessing, Suffering

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  It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• If you fight you won't always win. But if you don't fight you will always lose

  Bob Crow

  Fighting, Winning, Losing

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  If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

  Frederick Douglass

  Inspirational, Change, Moving On

  Speech, Canandaigua, N.Y., 4 Aug. 1857

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• No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears.

  Helen Keller

  Beautiful, Tears, Catchy

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• Who struggles can fail. Who doesn't struggle has already failed!

  Bertolt Brecht

  Justice, Diversity, Culture

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  Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

  Mother Teresa

  Life, New Year, Mother

  Mother Teresa, Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2010). “In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories & Prayers”, p.17, New World Library

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• Life is not a struggle. It's a wiggle.

  Peter McWilliams

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Inspire

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• Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

  Og Mandino

  Victory And Defeat, Obstacles, Selling

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

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  One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

  Sigmund Freud

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  Sigmund Freud, Ernst L. Freud (1960). “Letters of Sigmund Freud”, p.258, Courier Corporation

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• Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.

  Shelby Steele

  Success, Hard Work, Opportunity

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• We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.

  John Steinbeck

  Travel, Journey, Next Adventure

  John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.8, Penguin

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  If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

  Kevin Hart

  Giving Up, Successful, Firsts

  FaceBook post by Kevin Hart from Feb 25, 2013

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