#struggle

Struggle shapes our character. And character dictates what we will become. ↗

— Jeff Goins

#motivational #struggle #inspirational

For every moment I smile, I've endured a thousand frowns ↗

— Brian A. Brown

#inspirational #pain #real-life-struggle #inspirational

You cannot simply read the Quran,not if you take it seriously.You either have surrendered to it already or you fight it. It attacks tenaciously,directly,personally; it debates,criticizes,shames and challenges. From the outset it draws the line of battle, and I was on other side. ↗

— Jeffrey Lang

#humanity #inspirational #jeffrey #kindness #lang

By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead. ↗

— John Acton

#dead #nations #off #past #reign

I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.' ↗

— Fantasia Barrino

#american idol #been #companies #different #far

When I do Pilates, or when I do work out, I feel better all day. Yet I still struggle to keep it on my schedule. ↗

— Maria Bello

#better #day #feel #i #i do

We have been helping, trying to help Afghanistan in many ways, even from the beginning of... the beginnings of the '20s, 1920s, when he we were fighting our own national struggle. ↗

— Bulent Ecevit

#been #beginning #beginnings #even #fighting

Unfortunately this earth is not a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh. ↗

— Martin Bormann

#extremely #harsh #life #natural #perfectly

'Twas drink made me fall in love, And love made me run into debt, And though I have struggled and struggled and strove, I cannot get out of them yet. ↗

— Alexander Brome

#debt #drink #fall #get #i

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest. ↗

— Steven Brust

#contest #defeat #end #foreknowledge #honorable