“I've found in my own life, if you try to struggle against what the universe is telling you, you set yourself up for more of a battle.” IfsTryingUniverseFoundMy OwnStruggleBattleMy Own Life Author:Michael Stuhlbarg
“Almost 70 per cent of your fitness battle is won the day you realise what your body needs and when. I've made my own diets, and I decide for myself what works for me.” NeedsMadeBodyMy OwnBattleYour BodyDietsRealisingCents Author:Arjun Rampal
“when the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life.” MotherMy OwnBattleMy Own LifeAssertiveness Author:Twyla Tharp
“My childhood was very difficult. I had every childhood disease and then some, but my parents didnt mollycoddle me. They left me to fight those battles on my own. I guess that was very Canadian, very stoic. But its good. I had to become a warrior. I had to give up hope and find a substitute for hope that would be far more stable.” GivingWould BeFightingLeftParentDifficultMy OwnChildhoodBattleDiseaseGiving UpWarriorSubstitutesStableStoic Author:Joni Mitchell
“it will be objected that a constantly increasing population makes resistance and conservation a hopeless battle. this is true. unless a way is found to stabilize the nation's population, the parks can not be saved. or anything else worth a damn. wilderness preservation, like a hundred other good causes, will be forgotten under the overwhelming pressure of a struggle for mere survival and sanity in a completely urbanized, completely industrialized, ever more crowded environment. for my own part i would rather take my chances in a thermonuclear war than live in such a world.” WorldWayWarFoundNationsCausesChanceMy OwnStruggleEnvironmentBattleSurvivalHundredPressureMereForgottenPopulationSavedResistanceDamnParksWildernessHopelessOverwhelmingSanityConservationCan NotPreservationCrowdedNuclear WarGood Causes Book:Desert Solitaire Source: Desert Solitaire
“Some of the most important lessons I've learned have been from stumbling, and I am deeply grateful that my parents allowed me to fight my own battles.” Has BeensImportantFightingParentMy OwnLessonsBattleGratefulI've LearnedStumblingImportant Lessons Author:Anna Quindlen
“To me, flying free is doing what I want to do, even if it's different from what everybody expects me to do. I'm flying free when I win the battle between me and the people who thought I should go down this road and I find my own road.” PeopleIfsWantShouldDifferentWinningMy OwnBattleFlyingFlying Free Author:Crystal Waters
“When I had independence, it was a constant battle within me to figure out when am I on my own. And also the insecurity that my life engendered, especially as a freelance cartoonist, kept me in a constant state of anxiety as to whether I am going to be able to meet my financial obligations.” StatesAbleMy OwnFiguresBattleAnxietyIndependenceConstantFinancialObligationInsecurityCartoonist Author:Al Jaffee
“For many people it's Facebook, or sports on TV, whatever it is. I have my own demons that I battle. But whatever they are, you wish you could not do them. For most of us it's "I cannot get off Facebook." But imagine that your demon has you living on the street. I don't think those compulsions and obsessions are that different.” PeopleThinkingDifferentWishSportsMy OwnImagineStreetsTvsBattleObsessionDemonImagine ThatCompulsionWish YouLiving On Author:Jess Walter
“It was only in university I was told that I was dyslexic. It kind of gave me the confidence to be able to pursue academia in the way that I always thought I could. I guess that was a bit of battle and just my own kind of negative thoughts about what I can achieve.” WayKindI CanAbleBitsMy OwnAchieveBattleNegativeUniversityPursueAcademiaNegative ThoughtsDyslexic Author:Erin Richards
“Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a healthy dose of reality, fueling my own sense of urgency to do my part in reducing the preventable suffering of the incredible women I met.” Has BeensCountryRealitySufferingMy OwnHugeHealthyMetsBattleIncrediblesRepublicReducingUrgencyDoseMalariaTacklingSense Of UrgencyUphill BattlesDose Of Reality Author:Mandy Moore
“As I stood alone and forsaken, and the power of the sea and the battle of the elements reminded me of my own nothingness, and on the other hand, the sure flight of the birds recalled the words spoken by Christ: Not a sparrow shall fall on the ground without your Father: then, all at once, I felt how great and how small I was; then did those two mighty forces, pride and humility, happily unite in friendship.” TwoHandsFallFatherForceFeltChristMy OwnSeaHumilityPrideBattleElementsBirdFlightNothingnessSparrowsForsakenPride And Humility Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“Out on the street I start to run; I need to breathe in this life, the trees, the warmth of my town. I will be able to control my own fate and I will know how to be happy. Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle . . .” KnowsNeedsRunningAbleMy OwnKnow HowFateTreeStreetsBattleTownsLaysBreatheThis LifeWarmthHow To Be HappySiege Author:Shan Sa
“Snow, get behind me!" Charming shouted as he leaped to his feet. "I'll handle this brute." "Billy", the teacher cried. "This is the twenty-first century, Women don't need the white knight routine anymore. I can fight my own battles.” NeedsFirstsI CanFightingMy OwnWhiteBehindsTeacherFeetCenturyBattleTwentiesHandleSnowRoutineCriedCharmingKnightsBrutes Book:The Unusual Suspects: The Sisters Grimm, Book Two Source: The Unusual Suspects: The Sisters Grimm, Book Two