William Croswell Doane (1832–1913) American bishop
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 109.
Variant: Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
Source: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave and Essays
William Croswell Doane (1832–1913) American bishop
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 109.
“Receive without conceit, release without struggle.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
“There is no gain without struggle.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
“… Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle…”
Paulo Freire book Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Source: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Suzanne Collins (1962) American television writer and novelist
Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen, p. 301
The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)
Nikos Kazantzakis book The Saviors of God
The Saviors of God (1923)
Context: Pain is not the only essence of our God, nor is hope in a future life or a life on this earth, neither joy nor victory. Every religion that holds up to worship one of these primordial aspects of God narrows our hearts and our minds.
The essence of our God is STRUGGLE. Pain, joy, and hope unfold and labor within this struggle, world without end.
Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826–1900) German socialist politician
No Compromise – No Political Trading (1899)
“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”
Lou Holtz (1937) American college football coach, professional football coach, television sports announcer
“Character is that which can do without success.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet