Quotes about struggle
struggle teaching revolution
When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were struggling against the implementation of the revolution rules. Azar Nafisi
struggle islam colonialism
Look at Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution and the slogans that they used: anti-imperialism; anti-colonialism; the struggle of the have-nots against the haves; the state monopoly over economy, which was very much patterned after the Soviet Union. All of these things did not come out of Islam. Islam is not that developed.
struggle men should-have
If capitalism had never existed, any honest humanitarian should have been struggling to invent it. But when you see men struggling to evade its existence, to misrepresent its nature, and to destroy its last remnants - you maybe sure that whatever their motives, love of man is not one of them. Ayn Rand
struggle goal choices
All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
struggle artist needs
I'm very honest about the things I struggle with and I need to work on to survive as a solo artist. Aubrey O'Day
struggle quality needs
Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security, not of a life of arduous struggle. Modern methods of production have given us the possibility of ease and security for all; we have chosen, instead, to have overwork for some and starvation for the others. Hitherto we have continued to be as energetic as we were before there were machines; in this we have been foolish, but there is no reason to go on being foolish for ever. Bertrand Russell
struggle two democracy
The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises. It's either Us or Them! Benito Mussolini
struggle sacrifice influence
A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence. Benjamin Disraeli
struggle thinking things-in-life
You'd think family would be the one sure thing in life, the gimme? Points you got just for being born? So much thick, meaty stuff bound you to these people, so many interlocking spirals of history, genetics, common cause, and struggle that it should be the most basic of all drives, that you would strive to protect and love one another, yet this bond that should be the big no-brainer was in fact the hardest thing. Ben Fountain
struggle pressure social
Prom is a movie that follows a bunch of high-schoolers lives leading up to the prom, the climax of the movie. It focuses all their struggles and the social pressures that prom creates on their lives. Cameron Monaghan
struggle helping sexuality
If you know anyone struggling with his or her sexuality, the best thing you can do is be there for them, respect the process and treat them the same as you always would. It helps so much to know you're not alone. Connor Franta
struggle values
The struggle I went through has value. Clara Hughes
struggle responsibility people
You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility. Elia Kazan
struggle people outsiders
I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.
struggle humanity records
History records no more gallant struggle than that of humanity against the truth. Ashleigh Brilliant
struggle healthy killing
My struggle to remain healthy is gradually killing me.
struggle enemy vain
Say not the struggle nought availeth, The labour and the wounds are vain, The enemy faints not, nor faileth, And as things have been, things remain. Arthur Hugh Clough
struggle thinking order
The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace. Arthur Henderson
struggle people news
We get so little news about the developing world that we often forget that there are literally millions of people out there struggling to change things to be fairer, freer, more democratic, less corrupt. Alex Steffen
struggle fighting play
In my opinion, terrorism is a question which is not a short- term problem for all of us. It is a long-term fight. And NATO can play, and will play, a very crucial role in this struggle. Aleksander Kwasniewski
struggle fighting space
There is a point in fighting. There is a point in struggle. Not wholesale revolution, maybe, that might not be possible, an absolutely just society, but there are plenty of spaces and places where it's worth putting up a fight. Aleksandar Hemon
struggle birth devoted
I have always had that inner drive, since my birth. And I have always devoted myself gladly to work - to work and to the struggle. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
struggle heart fate
And keep as few things as possible, so that you don't have to fear for them. Give them up without a struggle-because otherwise the humiliation will poison your heart. They will take them away from you in a fight, and trying to hold onto your property will only leave you with a bloodied mouth ... But by owning things and trembling about their fate aren't you forfeiting the rare opportunity of observing and understanding?
struggle our-world years
Our 20th Century has proved to be more cruel than preceding centuries, and the first fifty years have not erased all its horrors; our world is rent asunder by those same old cave-age emotions of greed, envy, lack of control, mutual hostility which have picked up in passing respectable pseudonyms like class struggle, radical conflict, struggle of the masses, trade-union disputes.
struggle years lasts
I feel I'm in 2006 form to be honest. I hear a lot of comparisons to 2004, but I never changed. Last year was a struggle but I've worked hard. . . I'm not going back, I'm going forward. Alecko Eskandarian
struggle self long
I was in the death struggle with self: God and Satan fought for my soul those three long hours. God conquered — now I have only one doubt left — which of the twain was God? Aleister Crowley
struggle men animal
Man owes his strength in the struggle for existence to the fact that he is a social animal. Albert Einstein
struggle psychology understanding
For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively on his rich intuitive talent. But for the chess struggle nowadays one needs a subtle knowledge of human nature, an understanding of the opponent's psychology. Alexander Alekhine
struggle purpose doe
The daily struggle does not arise from a purpose or a program, but from an immediate need.
struggle play roles
This socialism will develop in all its phases until it reaches its own extremes and absurdities. Then once again a cry of denial will break from the titanic chest of the revolutionary minority and again a mortal struggle will begin, in which socialism will play the role of contemporary conservatism and will be overwhelmed in the subsequent revolution, as yet unknown to us. Alexander Herzen
struggle justice humanity
A struggle for liberty is in itself respectable and glorious. . . . When conducted with magnanimity, justice and humanity, it ought to command the admiration of every friend to human nature. But if sullied by crimes and extravagancies, it loses its respectability. Alexander Hamilton
struggle years ornaments
I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle. I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament. Adolf Loos
struggle men people
In the course of history no people have ever been given freedom like a present, and if freedom did not cost anything than no people would ever keep it! Freedom has a high price, and men must ever struggle to preserve it. Adolf Hitler