Uphill Battles Quotes

• There's always gonna be another mountain, I'm always gonna wanna make it move, Always gonna be a uphill battle, Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose, Ain't about how fast I get there, Ain't about what's waiting on the other side, It's the climb

  Miley Cyrus

  Moving, Waiting, Battle

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• 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

  Life, Success, Struggle

  Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.312

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• Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Wrestling

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• You can curl up in the fetal position and try to wish away all the things that need doing, or you can get started on that uphill battle to reclaim your life. The difficulty isn’t what choice to make, because that part is obvious. The difficulty lies in finding the energy and inspiration to make the right choice.

  Noel Fisher

  Lying, Inspiration, Choices

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• The man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspiration, Wrestling, Winning

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• It's always a struggle. It's an uphill battle the whole time. But you know what? The rewards are so graet, I wouldn't trade it for the world.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Motivational, Struggle, Battle

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• Most ideas never happen. It's an uphill battle against the status quo and our own tendencies.

  Scott Belsky

  Ideas, Battle, Tendencies

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• I have felt for the last 10 years I have had this battle; I've been fighting so hard to have an education. It's been this uphill struggle. I was Warner Bros' pain in the butt. I was their scheduling conflict. I was the one who made life difficult.

  Emma Watson

  Pain, Struggle, Fighting

  "What Advice Did James Franco and Daniel Radcliffe Give to Emma Watson?". Vogue Interview, www.eonline.com. June 13, 2011.

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• Innovations seem inevitable in retrospect, but at the time it's an uphill battle.

  Jessica Livingston

  Innovation, Battle, Retrospect

  Jessica Livingston (2008). “Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days”, p.17, Apress

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• I'm grateful that I had that uphill battle for 10 years of going onstage and having nobody know who I was, because you have to win them over.

  Patton Oswalt

  Grateful, Winning, Years

  Interview with Scott Tobias, film.avclub.com. August 26, 2009.

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• I believe that humanity has an uphill battle to wage in its fight to attain real health, and I honestly believe - from hard-earned experience - that homeopathy can offer some solution to this problem.

  George Vithoulkas

  Real, Believe, Health

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• If you cast a film incorrectly, then you're going to be fighting an uphill battle.

  Clint Eastwood

  Fighting, Battle, Film

  ‘Hereafter’ Press Conference, thefilmstage.com. October 17, 2010.

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• All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.

  Babe Ruth

  Sports, Baseball, Running

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Antigun advocates have always faced an uphill battle in this country. Americans have, to begin with, a constitutional right to gun ownership. Today, half of American households exercise this right, owning a total of about 250 million guns; and over 99 percent of those households do so in a responsible manner. To fight for major restrictions on an item that plays such a valued part in the lives of so many people looks like a nearly impossible task. So if you're really committed to the effort, and you want to win, what do you do? Simple: You lie.

  Dave Kopel

  Country, Lying, Fighting

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• If you're fighting against a minimum wage increase, you're fighting an uphill battle, because most Americans, even most Republicans, are okay with raising the minimum wage.

  Frank Luntz

  Fighting, Battle, Minimum Wage

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• But until we get rid of that shame, then people are going to stay underground, they are not going to get tested, and we're facing an uphill battle [with AIDS].

  Elton John

  People, Battle, Shame

  "Elton John on AIDS: Compassion is Part of the Cure". "PBS Newshour", www.pbs.org. July 24, 2012.

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• But you also are facing an uphill battle if you are trying to be the first teacher who asks students to think in class and they are already 16 years old.

  Johnny Burnette

  Teacher, Thinking, Class

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• Given the brief - and generally misleading - exposure most people have to mathematics at school, raising the public awareness of mathematics will always be an uphill battle.

  Keith Devlin

  School, People, Battle

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• Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a healthy dose of reality, fueling my own sense of urgency to do my part in reducing the preventable suffering of the incredible women I met.

  Mandy Moore

  Country, Reality, Healthy

  "Fighting Malaria With Nets" by Mandy Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2011.

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• When I came to Harvard, there were no tenured women except one, who was in a chair reserved for a woman. It's still an uphill battle, and I encountered great sexism in parts of my career, but I have to say that things are a lot better than they used to be. There are many women today doing wonderful work all over the academy.

  Martha C. Nussbaum

  Careers, Battle, Today

  Source: www.neh.gov

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• It's always an uphill battle to defeat a Supreme Court nominee, but this is a fight worth having.

  Kim Gandy

  Fighting, Battle, Defeat

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• I can't get hired in a studio movie. Everything is so uphill.

  Kyra Sedgwick

  Uphill Climbs, Studios, I Can

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• One of the reasons I'm lucky is to be around an owner like Jerry Jones. I'm not just saying it. The reality of it is the guy wants to win. As a quarterback, you need ownership and people in the front office and organization to help you win. If you don't get that help, you're always going to be fighting an uphill battle. You feel that, being a part of this organization with Jerry, that he's going to bring in people and sign people and want to improve this football team every year. It allows you to feel like, hey, we have a chance and I have a chance to do some special things around here.

  Tony Romo

  Football, Team, Fighting

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• Casting a film is to me one of the most important things next to the writing. If you cast it properly everything takes place very easily. If you cast it improperly you're fighting an uphill battle.

  Clint Eastwood

  Writing, Fighting, Important

  "Clint Eastwood, Cast, and Writers Talk JERSEY BOYS, Adapting the Broadway Musical, Finding the Actors, the Clever Director Cameo, and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. June 24, 2014.

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• It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.

  Billy Gibbons

  Real, White, Challenges

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