“Struggles only move forward when decent men and women step forward and say, 'enough is enough and no more.'” MenEnoughMovingStepsStruggleMen And WomenMoving ForwardDecentSteps ForwardEnough Is EnoughDecent Man Author:Kumi Naidoo
“Frightened, I jump up from the bank, the struggle begins anew. Bitterness has returned. I am not Pan in the reed, I am merely a human being and want to climb a few steps, but really climb them.” WantHumansFearHuman BeingsStepsStruggleClimbsFrightenedBitternessReeds Book:The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918 Source: The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918
“Relief is a great feeling.It's the emotional and physical reward we receive from our bodies upon alleviation of pain, pressure and struggle. A time to bask in the lack of the negative.And yet, think about it—relief is really the status quo, a negation of the suffering, a nothing in itself. It is the way things were before the pressure and struggle began.So, is it a step back? A regression?Or is it an opportunity to regroup, start over, and move in a different direction?Use your moment of relief well.” ThinkingWayWellsDifferentMomentsUseFeelingsBodyPainMovingSufferingOpportunityStepsStruggleEmotionalNegativePressureRewardsReliefStatus QuoStarting OverYour MomDifferent DirectionsNegationGreat FeelingsRegressionPain Relief Author:Vera Nazarian
“Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time in the yet unclear mirror of his understanding; study the first examples which strike his eyes; listen to the first words which arouse within him the slumbering power of thought; watch the first struggles which he has to undergo; only then will you comprehend the source of his prejudices, the habits, and the passions which are to rule his life. The entire man, so to speak, comes fully formed in the wrappings of his cradle.” MenWorldFirstsLooksChildrenEyeMotherPassionSpeakUnderstandingStepsWatchesStruggleStudyExampleSourceArmsHabitFirst TimePrejudiceMirrorsStrikesHis EyesCradleBack In TimeWrappingPower Of ThoughtUnclear Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“The novel remains for me one of the few forms where we can record man's complexity and the strength and decency of his longings. Where we can describe, step by step, minute by minute, our not altogether unpleasant struggle to put ourselves into a viable and devout relationship to our beloved and mistaken world.” MenWorldFormStepsNovelStruggleRecordsMinutesRemainsLongingBelovedComplexityMistakenDecency Author:John Cheever
“For thousands of years humankind's finest minds have been struggling with the theoretical problem of finding the forms that would give peoples the possibility, without the greatest of torment, without internecine strife, of living side by side in friendship and brotherhood. Practically speaking, the first step in this direction is only being taken now, today.” GivingYearsMindFirstsHas BeensProblemTodayFormSidesStepsStruggleTakenPossibilityFindingsBrotherhoodFirst StepsHumankindFinestStrifeTormentTheoretical Author:Mikhail Kalinin
“I guess my faith in Jesus Christ is what kept me going day by day. I just trusted in him and I believe that he's the one who gives me the strength and ability to overcome struggles and problems day to day. I'm just grateful for him, as he has blessed me with just an amazing family that has supported me through every step of the way.” WayGivingBelieveProblemJesusI BelieveChristAbilityStepsStruggleJesus ChristOvercomingGive MeBlessedGratefulTrustedDay To DayEvery StepFaith In JesusGive Me StrengthAmazing Family Author:Bethany Hamilton
“The fundamental steps of expansion that will open a person, over time, to the full flowering of his or her individuality are the same for both genders. But men and women are rarely in the same place struggling with the same questions at the same age.” MenPersonsAgeStepsStruggleFlowerMen And WomenFundamentalsIndividualityGenderExpansionFlowering Book:Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life Source: Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
“...Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle: legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non- violent.... They must harass, debate, petition, boycott, sing hymns, pray on steps--and shoot from their windows when the racists come cruising through their communities.... The acceptance of our condition is the only form of extremism which discredits us before our children [ellipses in source].” MeanChildrenFormCommunityStepsStruggleConditionsAcceptanceSourcePrayingConcernWindowOur ChildrenActiveDebateViolentCivil RightsRacistIllegalPassiveExtremismCivil Rights MovementHymnsPetitionsDiscreditBoycottNon Violent Author:Lorraine Hansberry
“... one of the blind spots of most Negroes is their failure to realize that small overtures from whites have a large significance... I now realize that this feeling inevitably takes possession of one in the bitter struggle for equality. Indeed, I share it. Yet I wonder how we can expect total acceptance to step full grown from the womb of prejudice, with no embryo or infancy or childhood stages.” FeelingsRealizingWonderStepsStruggleShareChildhoodStageAcceptancePrejudiceRelationBlindPossessionToleranceBitterSpotsSignificanceWombRace RelationsInfancyEmbryosBlind Spots Author:Sarah-Patton Boyle
“I write abundantly. And then my next step is to struggle to reduce the ornament, to reduce the abundance-to prune the book, in other words, the way one prunes a tree-so it can grow. This is my idea of a book.” WayWritingBookIdeasNextGrowsStepsStruggleTreeAbundanceOrnamentsNext StepsPrunes Author:James Wright