T Quotes
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“The struggle had been a people's war. The suffering and sacrifice had been immense. Those who survived the ordeal were left with the question of what it had all been for.”
Source: Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I
“The struggle hasn't ended. It's only just begun in our view. In the sense that if all goes well during the elections and we emerge as the government there will still be another form of struggle. But there's going to be lots of work in reconstruction, resettling people. In the initial period we will expect all the support groups we have here in Britain and elsewhere to concentrate their efforts in enabling us to resettle our people.”
“The struggle I went through has value.”
“The struggle inside the cocoon between the defenders of the worm state and the agents of winged possibility is one that I was still living, one that many of us surely experience in times of spiritual emergence. We may find ourselves pounded into mush, hanging upside down from whatever we can cling to — and yet have the possibility and destiny of becoming much, much more.”
Source: The Boy Who Died and Came Back: Adventures of a Dream Archaeologist in the Multiverse
“The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression, and obedience.”
“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.”
Source: Five Hundred Years After
“The struggle is beautiful.”
“The struggle is how to write optimistically when the world we're living in is not inherently optimistic. I love the idea of the family from the most Norman Rockwell version to Norman Bates. Without family, we have very little - it is the most basic social structure. So yes I suppose I wanted to write a hopeful book about the evolution of the family.”
“The struggle is inner: Chicano, indio, American Indian, mojado, mexicano, immigrant Latino, Anglo in power, working class Anglo, Black, Asian--our psyches resemble the bordertowns and are populated by the same people. The struggle has always been inner, and is played out in outer terrains. Awareness of our situation must come before inner changes, which in turn come before changes in society. Nothing happens in the "real" world unless it first happens in the images in our heads.”
“The struggle is long. We’re going up against a vicious system. Each act of resistance shakes and weakens the structures of oppression. But most times, those acts of resistance aren’t enough to bring the entire structure down.”
Source: Black Coal and Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars
“The struggle is lost from the beginning, long before the victorious party or army conquers state power and ‘betrays’ its promises. It is lost once power itself seeps into the struggle, once the logic of power becomes the logic of the revolutionary process, once the negative of refusal is converted into the positive of power-building.”
“The struggle is not a sign of weakness but a testament to your determination.”
“The struggle is part of the creative process, and it's very enjoyable to have the struggle. Without the struggle, there would be no joy in creativity. The one thing that is not enjoyable is if you get attached to the outcome. And if you're constantly looking for approval and you are not immune to criticism, then you are in trouble, and you will continue to be struggling and never find the creative impulse.”
“The struggle is part of your story but Everything will be in place in the right situation at a perfect time.”
“the struggle is real, but so is the god that will help you overcome it.”
“The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives.”
“The struggle is the canvas upon which our character is painted.”
“The struggle is the catalyst for change and the birthplace of innovation.”
“The struggle is to stay present enough when you're taking your next step forward that you're really making your most honest choices.”
“The struggle is what teaches you.”
“The struggle isn't over till the last drop of tear is wiped out.”
Source: Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered
“The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
“The struggle may be hurtful but its result will always be fruitful, so do not stop and just give it one more try to taste the fruitful outcome.”
“The struggle may be tough, but so are you. Keep pushing forward.”
“The struggle, mücadele or lucha for peace will come to its rightful end when the everyday, ordinary civilians of this planet realize that it is as much their struggle as it is the struggle of lawmakers and lawkeepers.”
Source: Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier
“The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of moral will and faith.”
“The struggle of a strange folly, fools despise, left and Shawn at young age, broken cries and searches all by pain and loss of luck finders non but death of lonesome pressure, for what does heaven's know about Fool's Gold.”
“The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary.”
Source: The Uses of Literature
“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.”
“The struggle of my life created empathy... I could relate to pain... being abandoned... having people not love me.”
“The struggle of one is the struggle of all.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“The struggle of ordinary people for a decent living, for security, is as old as the republic, but it's taken on a new and urgent edge. Instead of shared prosperity our political system has now produced a winner-take-all economy.”
“The struggle of our people for freedom has progressed to the form where all of us must take a stand either for or against the freedom of our people You are either with Your People or against them. You are either part of the solution or part of the problem.”
“The struggle of the mind to keep itself free from every sort of
bondage -- to remain curious, open, unsatiated in all its
relations with nature -- is tenfold more difficult than the
cultivation of a stable, satisfying point of view, but a
thousandfold more precious.”
“The struggle of the spirit against the senses is the gospel of modern man. I do not wish to have any part in it.”
Source: Masochism
“The struggle of today is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.”
Source: The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln
“The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also. With a reliance on Providence, all the more firm and earnest, let us proceed in the great task which events have devolved upon us.”
Source: Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46
“The struggle of what one likes and what one dislikes is the disease of the mind.”
“The struggle shapes us, but it does not define us. We define ourselves through how we overcome.”
“The struggle that drives someone to conceal their labor is profound; let awareness of our privilege ignite empathy and inspire change.”
“The struggle to avert catastrophic climate change is bigger than all the other struggles, whether it is slavery, democracy struggles, the woman's right to vote, and so on I would argue that if what is at stake is securing life as we know it, then there can be no bigger struggle that we face.”
“The struggle to be considered a grown-up begins, I believe, shortly after birth.”
Source: Bachelor Girls
“The struggle to be original hates conformity, but the struggle to be better disregards it, or takes advantage of it to build workable conventions.”
“The struggle to create a nation and world of economic and social justice and environmental sanity is not an easy one. The struggle to try and create a more peaceful world will be extremely difficult. But this I know: despair is not an option if we care about our kids and grandchildren. Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet.”
“The struggle to emerge out of the past, clean of memories; the inadequacy of our hearts to cut life into separate and final portions; the pain of this constant ambivalence and interrelation of emotions; the hunger for frontiers against which we might learn as upon closed doors before we proceed forward; the struggle against diffusion, new beginnings, against finality in acts without finality or end, in our cursedly repercussive being.”
“The struggle to end sexist oppression that focuses on destroying the cultural basis for such domination strengthens other liberation struggles. Individuals who fight for the eradication of sexism without struggles to end racism or classism undermine their own efforts. Individuals who fight for the eradication of racism or classism while supporting sexist oppression are helping to maintain the cultural basis of all forms of group oppression.”
Source: Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
“The struggle to excavate your true, authentic self from beneath the mountain of conditioning and ridiculous expectation is the epic struggle of your lifetime.”
“The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.”
Source: Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli national security: special memorial issue
“The Struggle To Live What You Are Not Is Not Only Exhausting Physically And Mentally, But Also Disconnects Us From Our True Selves”.”
“The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation.”