Life Struggle Quotes

• 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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• Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

  Napoleon Hill

  Strength, Success, Yoga

  Napoleon Hill (2013). “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”, p.633, Simon and Schuster

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• Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.

  Edna Ferber

  Life, Women, Struggle

  In R. E. Drennan Wit's End (1973)

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• All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• It’s the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.

  Sarah Dessen

  Struggle, Fighting, Earning

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.211, Penguin

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• And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you think you can't, you're right.

  Carol Bartz

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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• Always remember that striving and struggle precede success even in the dictionary.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Success, Struggle, Inspiration

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, Random House

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• The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Inspirational, Life, Education

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• If you stop struggling, then you stop life.

  Huey Newton

  Life, Failure, Struggle

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• It shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder ― or impossible ― to lose.

  Sarah Dessen

  Struggle, Fighting, Would Be

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.188, Penguin

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• Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspiring, Meaningful, Struggle

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from May 06, 2014

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• The greater the struggle the more glorious the triumph

  Nick Vujicic

  Struggle, Triumph, Acumen

  Nick Vujicic (2012). “Unstoppable: The Incredible Power of Faith in Action”, p.62, WaterBrook

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• Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Freedom, Mistake, Struggle

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.

  John Burroughs

  Life, War, Struggle

  John Burroughs (1913). “The summit of the years”

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• Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Birthday, Time, Regret

  'Coningsby' (1844) bk. 3, ch. 1

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• Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Thinking, Six Feet Under, Live Life Happy Inspirational

  "Nights in Rodanthe". Book by Nicholas Sparks, September 2002.

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• The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.

  Sivananda

  Inspiring, Stay Strong, Struggle

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• Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can't always understand them, but we have to trust in them. I know you want to question everything, but sometimes it pays to just have a little faith.

  Lauren Kate

  Beautiful, Faith, Struggle

  Lauren Kate (2013). “The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection”, p.589, Delacorte Press

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• The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great deal of reward I have gained coming to that understanding - that existence is a struggle.

  Harvey Keitel

  Struggle, Understanding, Rewards

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• The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Nature, Rain, Struggle

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1906). “Longfellow Day by Day”

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• The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the sense of incompleteness and unfulfillment, and in the uninterrupted struggle both of individuals and humanity.

  Alfred Adler

  Life, Struggle, Feelings

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• We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence.

  Charles Darwin

  Struggle, Science, Survival

  On the Origin of Species ch. 3 (1859) See Malthus 2

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• No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

  Paulo Coelho

  Struggle, Eye, Focus

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• Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

  Wendy Mass

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

  "The Candymakers (The Candymakers, Book 1)". Book by Wendy Mass, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2010.

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