Life Struggles Quotes

“But when I heard that you were feeling the same way, I wanted to do something to help you.”
― Sophia R. Tyler, The Friendly Mouse

“I wanted to do for you what you did for me...” “What an answer to prayer!”
― Sophia R. Tyler, The Friendly Mouse

“He knew that something had to change if he was going to be able to keep his job. Mouse decided to pray and ask for help.”
― Sophia R. Tyler, The Friendly Mouse

“Dying sometimes feels like the only way out. It’s that I-just-can’t-take-it-anymore feeling, and you’re tired of letting everyone down, so you just hit your breaking point and you want to die. I don’t mean that in a selfish way To me, suicide isn’t selfish. The people who say it is selfish early have never been suicidal, nor have they endured a mental illness.”
― Emma Thomas, Live for Me

“I look up at the sky again and whisper, ‘I will live for you.”
― Emma Thomas, Live for Me

“Some people are silently struggling with burdens that would break our backs.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“Support is the number one thing when it comes to fighting a mental illness. And the ones who have walked in the same shoes as you are the very best support system. There is no stigma in this group. There is no judging. We aren’t here to judge. We are here to understand and to let you know you aren’t alone in whatever battle you are facing. And that is why we started this group called You Matter.”
― Emma Thomas, Live for Me

“You can be doing great for months, maybe even years, and then boom, something happens, something triggers an episode. Then your life spirals into one big tornado of emotions that has swept you up right out from under yourself, and you lose control of everything, and you just spin around and around inside a dark, twisty, cloud, while everything flies out of control.”
― Emma Thomas

“People can have the best of intentions when they tell their loved ones how they should be living their lives. But often times, when we are in struggle, we are seeking to be supported, not solved.”
― Jaeda DeWalt

“In this relentless clash, between
me and my life
both of us persist restlessly, trying
to find the weakest moment in one another.”
― Sanu Sharma

“We come from people who found hope wherever they went.”
― Ruth Behar, Tía Fortuna's New Home: A Jewish Cuban Journey

“That’s the problem with people who don’t have to work for things. They don’t know how to work for things.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“The tragedy of life is -
that everything falls for it.”
― Laura Chouette

“Some people are born with odds stacked against them in life. But they never give up on achieving their dreams.”
― Avijeet Das, Why the Silhouette?

“Your looks and physical appearance will decide your present. Your vision and status will decide your future.”
― Rehan Katrawale

“Your struggle is my struggle.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Şehit Sevda Society: Even in Death I Shall Live

“Steeper the climb, sweeter the vista.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“Don't look for the hard answer when the answer is simple.”
― Linda Sachs

“No Struggle No Life (The Sonnet)

Ain't no life without struggle,
Ain't no heart without heartbreak.
Ain't no destination without the journey,
Ain't no courage without some dread.
Ain't no clarity without some confusion,
Ain't no serenity without suffering.
Ain't no contentment without disappointment,
Ain't no resilience without failing.
Ain't no mindfulness without mindlessness,
Ain't no uplift without some devastation.
Ain't no knowledge without ignorance,
Ain't no salvation without self-annihilation.
Ain't no I without the Us, without the We.
Ain't no We, unless the norm is nonbinary.”
― Abhijit Naskar, High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

“Valley of Light (The Sonnet)

Behind every cloud,
There is a silver lining.
The cloud is in the mind,
So is the silver lining.
The brush is born of mind,
The paint as well is born of mind.
If the painting has no color,
That too is because of the mind.
When the mind is bright so is the sun,
When the heart is dark so is the sun.
When everything looks dull, just look inside,
You'll discover, all along you've been the sun.
Heart is the gateway to its own valley of light.
Heart is the pedestrian, heart is the might.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Find A Cause Outside Yourself: Sermon of Sustainability

“And then one day you look at yourself in the mirror, and you have become a stranger to yourself!”
― Avijeet Das

“I have to trust that when I walk through any battle, it's for a greater purpose. And the other side is going to be so great that God chose to allow me to walk through it. God is good. Our stories are good. And if they ain't good yet, then we still can't give up, because our stories ain't over. And that is a win.

Maybe you struggle with fearful thoughts. I'm here to tell you there can be victory. You don't have to live in fear. You don't have to let those fears control you. Find someone you can turn to for help. Root out those negative thoughts before they go deep. There can be joy on the other side of your fears. I know, because I've experienced it.”
― Brooke Tilghman, Every Little Win: How Celebrating Small Victories Can Lead to Big Joy

“Contrary to popular belief, government buildings and educational institutes are not the nerve centers of society - the true nerve centers of society are the streets - streets that bear witness to the struggles of life - streets that bear witness to the labor of liberty - streets that bear witness to the struggles of being treated as an equal member of the human family.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Ingan Impossible: Handbook of Hatebusting

“Genius By The Dozen (A Sonnet)

Given the resources, I can build any technology,
Unlike some people, I do not need to hire genius.
Yet I gave up my obsession of electronics, because,
Building rockets is easy, building society not so much.
Not everybody is born with a silver spoon in mouth,
Rest of us have to choose among bread, dreams and tears.
But don't assume that I am whining about a misfortune,
Because, a reformer is worth a hundred entrepreneurs.
Rocket science is child's play for even a fisherman's son,
Cognitive Science is common sense for a laborer's child.
Yet you boast about a bunch of counterfeit geniuses whose,
Greatest power is that they are born with a golden hide.
If you seek true genius, lend a hand to developing nations.
And they'll give you Gates, Musks and Byrons by the dozens.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Your own life struggles are enough to motivate you.”
― Sonal Takalkar

“In any struggle, the battles of life are fought and won in our minds.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“To labor is to dream,
to dream is to labor.
The lazy can’t dream,
dreamer savors labor.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sapionova: 200 Limericks for Students

“Difficulty delivers durability.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Life is a downpayment on a mirage.”
― Jack Freestone

“Yes, we get knocked around, yes life doesn't always turn out as we planned it, but as people of faith, we get up again. We see the sunrise again and again and we put one foot in front of the other and meet our destiny. But we do this with the help of loved ones, friends, and strangers.”
― Stacy Thowe, Soap Opera Digest: The Story of a Woman. A Dream. And an Endless Love