If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that I lived through huge upheavals and very difficult struggles and polarization and the barbarism of dictatorships – that made me feel that we had to change this country.
And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than, The Souls of Black Folk.
In Raleigh, partisan battles, power struggles and lawsuits might grab the headlines, but we have to work together where we can. To look beyond ourselves to see what’s right for the state, regardless of who’s in power. That’s what the people of North Carolina want us to do, and what common sense demands us to do.
There have been struggles and challenges that I have faced that few know about but I hope will help others going through the same thing.
A spiritual partnership is a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. Spiritual partners use their delightful experiences together as well as their power struggles to learn about themselves and change themselves.
Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone.
I’m open to talking about what I’ve been through with my anxiety disorder and my mental health struggles to try and help other people.
Everyone will have struggles, but I am willing to learn, and I am coachable.
As a mentor, you have to be willing to put yourself in your mentee’s shoes to understand their struggles that they deal with. It’s not supposed to turn into a pity party by any means, but empathy speaks volumes to a mentee in need of help rather than forced sympathy.
I’ve definitely seen the rise of more charities and Mental Health Awareness Week, and people in general seem a lot more open about struggles that they’ve faced.
No one has a copyright on working-class struggles.
My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country. I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.
Nobody’s life is perfect, and each individual will have their own struggles and stipulations.
Every rookie, every player, is going to go through their struggles throughout the season.
I feel I could be a role model to other Hispanic gymnasts interested in the sport, but I also want them to understand the importance of being focused, determined, and not giving up, despite all the struggles.
I love figuring out a stranger, sitting down and learning about their loves and struggles and everything. People are my jam.
Knowing that being open about my struggles can help people out there with their own lives gives me so much drive to continue to keep living out loud.
I come from a very small place in Eastern Europe, so my whole life has kind of been one big fight to live my dream against all odds. But I think it’s hard to be a human in general – we all have our own struggles and things to overcome. That’s why it’s so important to always have compassion.
My mom had struggles. My dad had struggles. He raised me as a single parent. I rebelled and almost quit amateur boxing, but my faith in God had a lot to do with me slowly getting my life together.
I’ve seen the needless struggles that deaf children and deaf people face, and that gave me the impetus to write.
Travel is the only way to get empathy for other people’s mindsets – to know their struggles and what they’re drawn to.
I am always fascinated by the mental struggles that people and characters have.
Roommate struggles are real.
For all the interviews Pelosi does, she doesn’t talk often about her struggles and challenges as a woman.
Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a band over a long time.
I went through a lot of pretty intense struggles in my life, through my head injury, whether it was mental or psychological.
Our prayers can and should be focused on the practical, everyday struggles of life.
Families in Logan, West Virginia, were going through the same struggles as families in the Bronx, San Francisco, and Houston. This was not a West Virginia problem. This is an American problem, and it has to change.
I think the teams who usually win stay together, go through struggles together, and all that.
In much the same way Ip Man embodied the struggles of the Chinese people, I wanted Gong Er to represent the changing role of women.
The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your subject, is to hit the human heart and the tear ducts and the nape of the neck and to make a person feel something about the characters are going through and to experience the moral paradoxes and struggles of being human.
My favorite comics show the real-life struggles of heroes as well as the fantastical.
I think struggles are part of our profession. And it’s always about overcoming these kind of moments.
We all go through problems. Everyone goes through struggles like me, and maybe even worse. You can do whatever you set your mind to.
When we have financial struggles, kids are so much more aware of things than we want them to be.
Most people don’t really understand what it takes to get a film made, and the struggles .I think anyone who makes a film goes through their own set of struggles.
No matter who you are and where you are’ struggles will always be a part of the journey.
Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.
Many great actions are committed in small struggles.
Struggles are what made everything worth while.
I have had struggles with some eating disorders, just eating issues.
I grew up very comfortable in this bizarre, circus-like existence, but, as comfortable as I was, I was also aware of the struggles that actors go through.
Complexity excites the mind, and order rewards it. In the garden, one finds both, including vanishingly small orders too complex to spot, and orders so vast the mind struggles to embrace them.
In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ.
There’s a lot of pressure on young women. We need more honest women who are willing to talk about their struggles.
When the band first formed, everybody had been sidemen. So they said, ‘In this band there are no sidemen,’ and when I joined the band, it was still the same. There were some power struggles emerging, because Henley and Frey had sung all the hits at that point.
We need candidates who are deeply rooted in their communities, working-class people who understand the struggles their neighbors face. That is the future of the Democratic Party.
Who are we? Whom do we want to become? How do we perceive ourselves? How do we want to be perceived? These questions of identity are often at the core of our own internal struggles. Resolve them, and you are closer to being free.
No matter where you come from, we all share the same struggles as human beings, and my beginning is no different.
In terms of my own life and the mistakes I made and the struggles I had, I’m grateful for them. It taught me more than success and opportunity ever did.
Some people harbour an awkward clash of feelings – homosexual attraction on the one hand and shame or embarrassment about that attraction on the other. It is well known that the mind struggles to sustain conflicting views.
It is difficult to not let the circumstances define you when everyone feels they know your personal struggles and agony.
Conscientious conservatism includes responding to the needs and struggles of Americans with a responsible and efficient government and incorporating outside organizations that want to invest in the American people.
I enjoy hearing from different people who have turned their personal struggles into something that can inspire others and encourage people to push past hard times.
Like everyone else in this world, I have had struggles. There’s disappointment and obstacles in everybody’s life. I feel like I was writing ‘Second Chance’ not just for myself, but also for the people who have struggled.
When we are at the worst times of our lives, when we are battling with something, or struggles, whatever it may be, when we are at our highest point as well, when things are going really well, we want somebody to comfort us and be there for us and to say, ‘Well done.’ That’s Jesus!
Now I know we have the power to incite change through the Internet – keep sharing our stories, our dreams, and our struggles.
I have every day struggles like everyone else.
Maya Angelou was the voice of three generations. Her poetry spanned our journey, chronicled our hearts and documented our struggles as we moved from the orations of Martin Luther King to the presidency of Barack Obama.
