“Quite frankly, Barack Obama knows what it's like to pay a mortgage and student loans. He knows what it's like to watch a beloved family member in a medical crisis and worry that treatment is out of reach. Barack Obama knows our struggles. And, my friends, he shares our values.” KnowsValuesPayWatchesWorryStruggleShareStudentsMembersMy FriendsCrisisMedicalBarackBelovedTreatmentLoanMortgageFamily MembersStudent LoanBeloved Family Author:Ted Strickland
“My friend Fred Coury, the drummer in '80s rock band Cinderella, told me that in the rock world, you're either still there, or you're struggling to get back to where you were.” WorldStillsStruggleRocksBandMy FriendsGet Back80sDrummerRock Bands Author:Steve Valentine
“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity. . . . Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words, 'Too late.' ... Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world.” WorldLongStillsFactsTodayBeautifulOpportunityLostStruggleWrittenTomorrowCivilizationLateMy FriendsStandingBonesNakedBitterToo LateNew WorldFierceThievesProcrastinationPatheticUrgencyUnfoldingBreaking SilenceConundrumsLost OpportunityDejected Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I've seen so many of my friends and collaborators struggle and face the challenge of feeling like what they're working so hard to create and put into the world isn't important or appreciated... it's like being in love with someone who won't give you the time of day.” WorldGivingImportantHardFeelingsFacesChallengesStruggleMy FriendsAppreciatedBeing In LoveCollaboratorsTime Of DayWorking So Hard Author:Kate Brown
“What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? They have never entered into mine, but into yours, we thought--Haven't we all to struggle against life's daily greyness, against pettiness, against mechanical cheerfulness, against suspicion? I struggle by remembering my friends; others I have known by remembering some place--some beloved place or tree--we thought you one of these.” IfsRememberStarsKnownStruggleTreeHavensMinesWindMy FriendsBelovedDaily LifeSuspicionSunriseCheerfulnessPettinessHowards End Book:Howard's End Source: Howard's End