personal battles Quotes

Wars come from egotism and selfishness. Every macrocosmic or world war has its origin in microcosmic wars going on inside millions and millions of individuals.

Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes.

When I hear alcoholics talk about having their demons, I think that they're probably absolutely literally correct.

Whether the issue was black political power or nuclear power, Scott-Heron didn't mince words. His comeback record, 'I'm New Here,' doesn't mince words either, but instead of political battles, these songs suggest he's fighting personal ones.

If my devils are to leave me, I'm afraid my angels will take flight as well.

I can honestly say, after talking about my mom passing away, I got the biggest weight off of my chest. Comedy is my therapy. That's how I deal with my problems, my personal battles. I talk about it. I give it to my fans. When they laugh at it, it's a release, for lack of a better word.

Everyone is battling something emotional behind closed doors - that's life.

I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are face-to-face with our worst times. The demon is us!

FEARLESS is a vivid account of one man's journey from all-American boy to all-American hero. Blehm's writing takes you beyond the battlefield and right to the heart of the personal battles, sacrifices, and triumphs of one of America's elite warriors. Anyone looking for an inspiring story of inner strength and courage will be richly rewarded by this book.

Recovering alcoholic guys wake up in the morning, and they have to think of a reason to get up, and then, once they're up, to not have a drink. It's like all these little heroic battles they have that they fight with and against every day of their lives.

I've got many, many demons that affect me on many, many levels.

Everybody's got a hunger no matter where they are. Everybody clings to their own fear. Everybody hides some scar - Precious pain. Empty and cold but it keeps me alive. I gave it my soul so that I could survive - keeping me safe in these chains.

All the trials we endure cannot be compared to these interior battles.

I feel like everybody's got their health issues and their battles, and yeah, mine go up and down. It's never really over.

You hold the ones you love close and fight the battles you can win, and that, Kitten, is how it is.

The achievement of Tahrir Square wasn’t just its grand political movement but the tiny personal battles fought and won against the frictions wearing down Egyptian society: between religions, classes, sexes, and generations.

I don't want personal battles that take away from the team. I'm trying to win games.

The foes from whom we pray to be delivered are our own passions, appetites, and follies; and against these there is always need that we should war.

The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.

We all have our demons, even if we say we don't.

I think we all get our own bag of hammers. We all get our own Parkinson's. We all have our own thing. I think that we'll look at it through the filter of that experience, and we'll say, "Yeah, I need to laugh at my stuff, too."