“If you'd like to meet some fully realized characters while learning some specifics of Zimbabwe's postcolonial struggles, as I did, you're likely to come away with a vague feeling of dissatisfaction. If you're willing to settle for first-rate writing and provocative meditations on memory, corruption and loss, they are all here in abundance.” IfsWritingFirstsCharacterFeelingsMemoriesLossStruggleMeditationWillingRateCorruptionSettlingAbundanceVagueDissatisfactionProvocativeZimbabweSpecifics Author:Jabari Asim
“The only sensible way to regard the art life is that it is a privilege you are willing to pay for... You may cite honors and attentions and even money paid, but I would have you note that these were paid a long time after the creator had gone through his struggles.” WayMayLongArtLife IsPayAttentionStruggleGoneWillingHonorLong TimePaidRegardNotesRewardsPrivilegeCreatorSensibleCitingArt Life Book:The Art Spirit Source: The Art Spirit
“Whenever I'm faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself, 'What would I do if I weren't afraid of making a mistake? Feeling rejected? looking foolish? Or being alone?' I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer that you've been searching for comes into focus and as you walk into your fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.” IfsKnowsShouldFeelingsAsksDifficultDecisionAnswersWalksMistakeStruggleFocusProduceWillingFoolishMaking MistakesRemoveRejectedDifficult Decisions Book:What I Know For Sure Source: What I Know For Sure
“Absolutely. I think, I think the American people, at their core, are a decent people. I think that we still have prejudice in our midst, but I think that the vast majority of Americans are willing, are willing to judge people on the basis of their ideas and their character. And in the case of the presidency, I think what's most important is whether the American people think that you understand their hopes and dreams and struggles and whether they think you can actually help them achieve those hopes and dreams.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStillsImportantIdeasCharacterHelpingDreamCasesStruggleAchieveWillingJudgingBasesPrejudiceMajorityCoreDecentMidstPresidencyHopes And Dreams Author:Barack Obama
“God won't permit temptation beyond your strength. It is true that temptations come to all, but God will give you the graces you need to withstand them, if you ask him to and if you are willing to cooperate with his grace...In God's presence, consider: Do I put up a fight when temptations beset me, or do I give up quickly and surrender myself to them without a struggle? Do I rely on God's grace to conquer temptations, or am I conquered by them?” IfsNeedsGivingFightingAsksStruggleGraceWillingGiving UpSurrenderGods WillTemptationConquerRelyPermitGod's GraceGod's Presence Author:Patrick Madrid
“When we are willing to accept our experience, just as it is, a strange thing happens: it changes into something else. When we avoid pain, struggle not to feel it, pain turns into suffering.” FeelsHappensPainSufferingTurnsAcceptingStruggleStrangeWillingExperienceThings HappenStrange Things Author:Brenda Shoshanna
“Parenting is a profoundly reciprocal process: we, the shapers of our children's lives, are also being shaped. As we struggle to beparents, we are forced to encounter ourselves; and if we are willing to look at what is happening between us and our children, we may learn how we came to be who we are.” IfsLooksMayChildrenProcessStruggleIdentityWillingHappeningsOur ChildrenEncountersWho We AreReciprocal Author:Augustus Napier
“Workers of the world awaken. Break your chains, demand your rights. All the wealth you make is taken, by exploiting parasites. Shall you kneel in deep submission from your cradle to your grave? Is the height of your ambition to be a good and willing slave?” WorldWealthBreakStruggleTakenRightsWillingDemandAmbitionSlaveWorkersGravesChainsHeightSubmissionCradleParasitesEconomic InequalityLabour Day Author:Joe Hill
“If you ever had anyone in your life who has been struggling with addiction or struggling with anything, it's about the resilience of love and how much you're willing to struggle with somebody to preserve your relationship and to try to preserve them as a person - and I think that's really important.” IfsThinkingTryingPersonsHas BeensImportantStruggleWillingAddictionResiliencePreservesOur Relationship Author:Sarah Gadon
“If I wrote a book, I had to be willing at least to talk about some of my struggles, whether in my personal life, health crises, or the deaths of my parents, because there can too easily be a perception of me that my life just went from A to Z uninterrupted, without any ups and downs, and that's not a fair representation.” IfsBookParentStruggleWillingPerceptionFairsCrisisRepresentationPersonal LifeUps & DownsMy Struggle Author:Condoleezza Rice
“At the beginning of the struggle the holy commandments of God must be fulfilled with a certain forcefulness of will (cf. Mt. 11:12); then the Lord, seeing our intention and labour, will grant us readiness of will and gladness in obeying His purposes. For 'it is the Lord who makes ready the will' (Prov. 8:35 LXX), so that we always do what is right joyfully. Then shall we truly feel that 'it is God who energizes in you both the willing and the doing of His purpose' (Phil. 2:13).” FeelsChristianPurposeCertainLordStruggleSeeingWillingReadyHolyIntentionLabourOrthodoxGrantsFulfilledCommandmentsReadinessGladnessObeyingCfsCommandments Of God Author:Diadochos of Photiki
“Fitzcarraldo is a mad dreamer. He's willing to sacrifice everything in order to make his vision of an opera house. That metaphor of pulling the boat over the mountain is so integral to anyone making any creative effort. It's that universal Sisyphean struggle.” OrderHouseEffortVisionStruggleCreativeSacrificeWillingMountainUniversalMadMetaphorBoatDreamerOperaPullingOpera House Author:Sam Pressman
“If you have a great love of singing, supported by others' fondness for your voice, then it is worth making every effort, of making every sacrifice, to achieve your goal. A great voice will easily find teachers who are willing to help a struggling young talent, and the ways of the Lord are infinite.” IfsWayHelpingYoungGoalVoiceEffortLordStruggleTeacherSacrificeAchieveTalentWillingSingingInfiniteGreat LoveFondnessAchieving Your GoalsGreat VoiceYoung Talent Author:Andrea Bocelli