Quotes About Productive Struggle

#1. I'm a man who struggles with melancholy and depression, but I am a very productive filmmaker and I work constantly, with no pause. Even in the worst of crises, I manage to produce work. And that's keeping me alive.

Jorgen Leth

#2. Impression without expression causes depression. Study without service leads to spiritual stagnation.

Rick Warren

#3. The sweet spot: that productive, uncomfortable terrain located just beyond our current abilities, where our reach exceeds our grasp. Deep practice is not simply about struggling; it's about seeking a particular struggle, which involves a cycle of distinct actions.

Daniel Coyle

#4. My life has been a series of emergencies.

Lana Turner

#5. She doesn't know about metaphors but she knows that even the smallest human vessel has boundless storage for sorrow.

Amber Sparks

#6. There's a tremendous need to implode the myths of mental illness, to put a face on it, to show people that a diagnosis does not have to lead to a painful and oblique life ... We who struggle with these disorders can lead full, happy, productive lives, if we have the right resources.

Elyn R. Saks

#7. The details of our struggle to survive and prosper, in what has been a difficult and sometimes bitter relationship with a system of laws and practices that deny us access to the tools necessary for productive and industrious life, are available to any serious student of history or sociology.

August Wilson

#8. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning ... and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God" (cf. 5:18). On the surface, these verses appear to say that true Christians should not sin at all.

Anonymous

#9. Just because it turned out bad, doesn't mean it wasn't meant.

Deb Caletti

#10. The less you struggle with a problem, the more it's likely to solve itself. The less time you spend frantically running around, the more productive you are likely to be.

Pico Iyer