116 Best Struggle Quotes

I may not be as strong as I think, but I know many tricks and I have resolution. – Santiago
The Old Man and the Sea cunning Experience Resolve Struggle
His hope and his confidence had never gone. But now they were freshening as when the breeze rises. – Narrator
The Old Man and the Sea Hope Renewal Confidence Struggle
I am a tired old man. But I have killed this fish which is my brother and now I must do the slave work. – Santiago
The Old Man and the Sea exhaustion Brotherhood duty Struggle
The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck... and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords. But none of these scars were fresh. – Narrator
The Old Man and the Sea Age Experience Struggle Past Glory
I hate a cramp, he thought. It is a treachery of one's own body. – Santiago
The Old Man and the Sea Suffering Body Betrayal Struggle
A man can be destroyed but not defeated. – Santiago
The Old Man and the Sea defeat Spirit Resilience Struggle
It is silly not to hope, he thought. – Santiago
The Old Man and the Sea Hope Optimism Struggle Perseverance
I have no cramps. He'll be up soon and I can last. You have to last. Don't even speak of it. – Santiago
The Old Man and the Sea Endurance Resolve Self-command Struggle
The shark was not an accident. – Narrator
The Old Man and the Sea Fate Adversity Inevitability Struggle
Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
Invisible Man Life Struggle Resilience Humanity Fate
I was pulled this way and that for longer than I can remember. And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own.
Invisible Man conformity self-determination identity Struggle
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Mahatma Gandhi Struggle Perseverance Victory Resistance
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Martin Luther King Jr. Hope Disappointment Perseverance Struggle
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
Martin Luther King Jr. Perseverance Progress forward Struggle
If you are going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill Struggle Adversity Perseverance Resilience
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein Difficulty Opportunity Struggle Perspective
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. – Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein Opposition mediocrity Greatness Struggle
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Journey Perseverance Struggle Achievement Perspective
Overcome the devils with a lot of prayer and then when you have finished your prayer, overcome them again with a lot of work. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Struggle Prayer Work Perseverance Action Faith
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Freedom Journey Perseverance Struggle Perspective
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Freedom Struggle sacrifice Journey Perseverance
I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Discrimination race Struggle Commitment Justice
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
Abraham Lincoln Struggle Justice Courage conviction
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. – Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Faith Humility Prayer Struggle
I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. – Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs Perseverance Success Entrepreneurship Struggle
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. – Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou Transformation Struggle Beauty Growth
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt fear Courage Struggle Action
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Perseverance Struggle Resilience Endurance Hope
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that! – The Red Queen
Alice in Wonderland Effort Progress Struggle Society
I can't unlove you, no matter how hard I try.
It Ends With Us Love Struggle Heartbreak attachment
La vida es una lucha, carnal. Life is a struggle. – Popeye
Blood In Blood Out Life Struggle Wisdom hardship
I wish I could tell you it was going to be easy, but it's not. What I can tell you is that it will be worth it. – Morpheus
The Matrix Hope Struggle sacrifice Perseverance
I'm not giving up my dream! Not for good! – Tiana
The Princess and the Frog Dreams Struggle sacrifice
Being a half-blood means you have to try harder. – Annabeth Chase
Percy Jackson and the Olympians identity Struggle duty half-blood
Peace has cost you your strength. Victory has defeated you. – Bane
Batman The Dark Knight Rises complacency Struggle Consequence hubris
I'm not like you, I can't just turn it on and off. – Bruce Banner
The Incredible Hulk Hulk control difference Struggle
Being a human is actually really hard. – Stereotypical Barbie
Barbie Humanity Struggle Empathy Life
All of us have our own inner monsters, the key is to keep them locked up. – Derek Morgan
Criminal Minds inner demons control Struggle Humanity
The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt women's rights Equality Justice Struggle
Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength. – Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Courage Perseverance Struggle Resilience
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood. – Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Courage Effort Honor Struggle
I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well. – Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Struggle admiration Character Difficulty
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. – Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde Hope Optimism Struggle Perspective
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, because an artful life requires being prepared to meet and withstand sudden and unexpected attacks. – Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Life Struggle Resilience Preparation Adversity
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. – Helen Keller
Helen Keller Character Struggle Suffering Strength Success
I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Art Dedication Struggle Passion
I wish they would only take me as I am. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh identity Acceptance Authenticity Struggle
The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Beginnings Struggle Encouragement Hope
How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be? – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh purpose usefulness Introspection Struggle
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. – Aristotle
Aristotle Patience Reward Struggle Perseverance
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