Personal Struggle Quotes:

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

- Napoleon Hill

topic: Strength, Success, Yoga, Work Effort, Continuous Effort

In my life I have had to work through problems of stigmatization and prejudice. When I discovered the power of the arts to express my pains and joys, it became clear to me that there would be no other way to work through the demons except to fully embrace the process of creation. The work was not personal therapy but had a connection to other peoples' realities. As I grow older and more mature, it becomes clearer to me that personal struggles and conflicts are connected with universal struggles and conflicts. It is this knowledge, ironically, that gives me the freedom to experiment in my work

- Reza Abdoh

topic: Art, Pain, Struggle, Personal Struggle

I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.

- Henri Nouwen

topic: Struggle, Trying, Helpful, Personal Struggle

Every time we push personal development aside, we invite personal struggle into our lives.

- Hal Elrod

source: FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from Jun 25, 2013

topic: Struggle, Wake Up, Development, Personal Struggle, Waking Up Early

I have spoken about what we can do as citizens, what we can do as a responsive citizenry, and this is where we have to shatter our complacency and become "active souls,"and be prepared to engage in aware - that personal struggle between our grief and our sorrow. But I don't think we have any choice.

- Terry Tempest Williams

source: Source: www.scottlondon.com

topic: Grief, Struggle, Thinking, Personal Struggle

When I recite poems onstage, I put myself into the very personal struggle and it grants tremendous perspective. At the same time you get another perspective on the poem you're reciting.

- David Whyte

source: "Courageous Conversations: An Interview with David Whyte". Interview with Kim Rosen, spiritualityhealth.com. December 8, 2014.

topic: Struggle, Perspective, Grants, Personal Struggle, Reciting

(I want to) make good stories that have a redemptive message and allow people to dig into their own lives and personal struggles and go "Am I like this? Do I have these flaws too?" and open up a conversation.

- Drew Waters

source: Source: www.beliefnet.com

topic: Struggle, People, Stories, Personal Struggle