Perhaps it does us good…to have a fall every now and then. As long as we don’t break.
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Quotes tagged ‘struggles’
However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
At times it is not easy for me to take up living again.
Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.
Problems, weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you’re willing to learn, or they punish you if you’re not.
Some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up and touch everything. If you never let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you.
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically. It’s then you realize this is make or break, you no longer have the excuse of youth, and it is time to become an adult – but you are not ready.
While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light.
I hope that I’m always struggling, really. You develop when you’re struggling. When you’re struggling, you get stronger.
As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won’t let my spirit be destroyed.
While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light.
Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.
When your heart is broken you plant seeds in the cracks and you pray for rain.
They told me life is tough. I told them I was tougher.
One can’t fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.
He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.
He was no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, because yesterday had brought it.
Your heart is the size of a fist because you need it to fight.
Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.’