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“It is occasionally possible to charge Hell with a bucket of water, but against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain”
Doris Fleeson
“Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret”
Benjamin Disraeli
“Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity”
Herman Melville
“Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.”
Mao Zedong
“Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.”
Mao Tse-Tung
“If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to the truth; and second, the courage to follow this light wherever it may lead.”
Karl von Clausewitz
“It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.”
Isadora Duncan
“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.”
Amos Bronson Alcott
“We are in a struggle against a globalization that has no place for principles, values and standards.”
Bill Jordan
“A city is the pulsating product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's history, his struggle for freedom, creativity, genius-and his selfishness and errors.”
Charles Abrams