Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

STRUGGLE

The important thing in life is not the Triumph, but the Struggle. …… Pierre de Coubertin

Struggle is the father of all things. ……. Adolf Hitler

The virtue lies In the Struggle, not the Prize ……. Richard Monckton Milnes

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals;
This alone is worth the Struggle. ………. William Osler

Life is a long Struggle in the dark. ……Lucretius

Once all Struggle is grasped, Miracles are possible. …….Mao Tse-Tung

It is the conduct of any man to Struggle and fall;
it is the conduct of great men to rise and soar. …….Robert Marshall

Life has meaning only in the Struggle;
Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods.
So let us celebrate the Struggle. …….Swami Sivananda

Life is a Struggle, but not warfare …….John Burroughs

One day in retrospect the years of Struggle
will strike you as the most beautiful. …….. Sigmund Freud

All life demands Struggle. ……Pope Paul VI

You have to Struggle to stay alive
and be of use as long as you can. …….Daniel Berrigan

Always remember that struggle precede success,
even in the dictionary. ……Sarah Ban Breathnach

When good people in any country cease their Struggle,
then evil men prevail. ……Pearl S. Buck

Without a Struggle, there can be no progress. ……Frederick Douglass


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