“The acid test of any truth is found in whether it aids victims in their struggle to overcome victimisation.” FoundStruggleTruth IsTestsOvercomingVictimAidsAcid Book:For My People: Black Theology and the Black Church Source: For My People: Black Theology and the Black Church
“There is a great deal of strength in Garfield's life and struggles as a self-made man.... From poverty and obscurity, by labor at all avocations, he became a great scholar, a statesman, a major general, a Senator, a Presidential candidate.... The truth is, no man ever started so low that accomplished so much in all our history. Not Franklin or Lincoln even.” MenMadeSelfDealsPovertyStruggleTruth IsMajorsLowsLaborPresidentialCandidatesAccomplishedScholarSenatorsObscurityStatesmenFranklinSelf MadePresidential CandidateSelf Made ManGarfield Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“It's a very important process of self-recognition, self-introspection, by just daily accepting our creation, accepting what is right in front of us, breathing, letting go, and coming into the heart space and knowing that that fear or the struggle is part of the illusion. Just breathe that truth, because as you breathe, it filters through and you'll find that that tightness, that intensity, the fear, the worry, will dissolve. Just allow yourself not to get stuck in that.” HeartImportantSelfProcessSpaceAcceptingWorryStruggleKnowingFrontsCreationTruth IsLetting GoIllusionBreatheStuckRecognitionBreathingIntensityIntrospectionFiltersSelf RecognitionAccepting What Is Author:Christine McCormick Day
“My tax plan will cut taxes for 95 percent of workers, because we need to put money back into the pockets of struggling middle-class families and close the egregious tax loopholes that have exploded over the last eight years. My plan eliminates capital gains taxes entirely for the small businesses and start-ups that are the backbone of our economy, as opposed to John McCain's plan, which would tax these businesses. John McCain is running to serve out a third Bush term. But the truth is, when it comes to taxes, that's not being fair to George Bush.” RunningTermStruggleEconomyCuttingTruth IsTaxesSmall BusinessBackboneMccain Author:Barack Obama
“Warriors fear surrender. They are proud and defiant. They will fight to the death for what they believe in. They will struggle to conquer. Love is not about conquest. The truth is a man can only find true love when he surrenders to it. When he opens his heart to the partner of his soul and says: 'here it is! the very essence of me! It is yours to nurture or destroy.” MenBelieveHeartSoulFightingLove IsStruggleProudTruth IsEssencePartnersSurrenderWarriorConquerNurtureConquestFinding True Love Author:David Gemmell