Struggled

Famous quotes containing the word struggled:

“We cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“Clear to me at last that the dark I have always struggled to keep under is in reality my most—”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

“I struggled with the horror of daybreak,
I chose it for my lot! If questioned on
My utmost pleasure with a man
By some new-married bride, I take
That stillness for a theme
Where his heart my heart did seem....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)