“As we know, the goal of every struggle is victory. But if the proletariat is to achieve victory, all the workers, irrespective of nationality, must be united. Clearly, the demolition of national barriers and close unity between the Russian, Georgian, Armenian, Polish, Jewish and other proletarians i…”— Joseph Stalin, marxists.org
“Our happiest times were at the bottom of the ladder. One day he dragged us out of private schools, and the next day we started peddling cakes out of the back of a truck.”— Telly Savalas, m.imdb.com
“I adore the struggle you carry in yourself. I adore your terrifying sincerity.”— Anaïs Nin, amazon.com
“Do not let anyone strip you down and burn you to the ground, this includes yourself. You do not need to rise from unnecessary ashes to become something beautiful.”— Michelle K., michellekpoems.tumblr.com
“I’d ruin any day, all my days, for those long nights with you, and I did.”— Daniel Handler, amazon.com
“You were hurt badly, and those scars will be with you for ever. I feel sorry for you, I really do. But think of it like this: it’s not too late to recover. You’re young, you’re tough. You’re adaptable. You can patch up your wounds, lift up your head and move on.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“But the thought of moving on from something I never had is depressing.”— Susane Colasanti, amazon.com
“We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination.”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“It must be possible to swim in the ocean of the one you love without drowning.”— Jay Asher, amazon.com
“But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry.”— Benjamin Alire Sáenz, amazon.com
“It’s a long journey but if you focus on the mini milestones along the way you will find beauty in the struggle.”— Kobe Bryant, instagram.com
“It is okay to be at a place of struggle. Struggle is just another word for growth. Even the most evolved beings find themselves in a place of struggle now and then. In fact, struggle is a sure sign to them that they are expanding; it is their indication of real and important progress. The only one w…”— Neale Donald Walsch, nealedonaldwalsch.com
“I was never so alive as when I was winning this throne, or so dead as now that I've won it.”— George R. R. Martin, Robert Baratheon, amazon.com
“Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. But the world as it stands is no na…”— Henry James, amazon.com
“It’s so difficult, isn’t it? To see what’s going on when you’re in the absolute middle of something? It’s only with hindsight we can see things for what they are.”— S. J. Watson, amazon.com
“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.”— Maya Angelou, teentalkingcircles.org
“No one likes to see people in moods of despair they themselves have survived.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com