A black person grows up in this country – and in many places – knowing that racism will be as familiar as salt to the tongue. Also, it can be as dangerous as too much salt. I think that you must struggle for betterment for yourself and for everyone.
Maya AngelouOnce we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
Ernest HemingwayStrength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerThere are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.
Muhammad AliWater is my drink.
Stephen CurryIn war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaGo on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care.
Terry PratchettExperience acquired in the heroic battle against Batista’s tyranny showed that the enemy, no matter what his strength, could not defeat the Cuban people.
Fidel CastroIt was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone.
Anthony HopkinsIt’s always a struggle growing up in Akron.
LeBron JamesThe danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.
Ayrton SennaI will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.
Nelson MandelaI have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics are not so far apart in America. They are both a means to the same end, which is victory… And why not? Victory is good for you, and don’t let anybody tell you different.
Hunter S. ThompsonI’ll never make it, it will never happen, because they’re never going to hear me ‚cause they’re screaming all the time.
Elvis PresleyI really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.
Amy WinehouseI like to talk to myself ahead of time so when temptation comes, I’ve already made up my mind that I have the victory.
Joyce MeyerAs a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.
Bob MarleyNature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.
Napoleon HillSatisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
Mahatma GandhiThose disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.
Benjamin FranklinWinning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.
DJ KhaledThe only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you’re satisfied and make you happy, you’re not getting stronger. You’re staying where you’re at. Either you’re getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.
David GogginsIf danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that’s a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
Eckhart TolleDuke is an ugly word in Kentucky. Nothing in the world compares to the joy of beating those hateful swine from Duke.
Hunter S. ThompsonA revolution is not a bed of roses.
Fidel CastroThe time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
George S. PattonSometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.
Joel OsteenIf the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.
Thomas SowellIt all went wrong with football, the thing I loved most of all, and from there, my life slowly fell apart.
George BestThe fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.
Maya AngelouTo make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, ‚You’re better than the Cassius of old.‘
Muhammad AliThis is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
Winston ChurchillLove does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
James BaldwinGermany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.
Theodore RooseveltOur single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.
Nelson MandelaOurs is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.
Mahatma GandhiAmericans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
George S. PattonWe Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
Golda MeirI see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.
Pope FrancisVictory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Napoleon HillI’ve arrived at the place if I’m not taking a career risk, I’m not happy. If I’m scared, then I know I’m being challenged.
Jim CarreyAmerica means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factories or mines, magnificent cities, or millions of automobiles and radios.
Herbert HooverYeah, I like to keep myself interested – I’ll kind of throw myself into some area that I don’t completely know or understand, that I’m not adept at, so I’m forced to swim in order to stay afloat. There’s a good feeling that comes from that.
David ByrneI know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.
Michelle ObamaIf you want to thrive in today’s economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.
Robert KiyosakiI’m not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I’m not going to back down.
DrakeOur words will either bring life and victory or death and destruction. If we want to be happy, we have to be serious about speaking words of life that line up with God’s Word.
Joyce MeyerAccept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
George S. PattonEducation comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.
Napoleon HillI did suffer a lot since karting, with my size and everything, not really having a clue what to do when I started karting. So I suffered in every category: F4, F3, F2. Not so much F2 but I’ve had to kind of play catch-up quite a bit and in some ways, F1 was a bit nicer with power steering.
Lando NorrisThe struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.
Blaise PascalMy first win feels better than a draw!
Jurgen KloppThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
George S. PattonIt’s nice when little teams win.
Adam SandlerBeauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.
Fyodor DostoevskyAnyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
James BaldwinIn a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it’s more dangerous to lose than to win.
George Bernard ShawIf I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.
Abraham MaslowI’m a hard guy to live with. I’m like a caged animal. I’m up all night walking around the living room. It’s hard for me to come down from what I do.
Jim CarreyNo matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!
Joyce Meyer