M. Scott Peck Quotes

I'm not at all interested in the brave who fight against the odds and win. I am interested in those who accept their lot, as that is what many people in the world are doing. They do their best in ghastly conditions.

All life is a struggle in the dark.

I've often felt that life is a hard deal and it's unrelentingly tragic and an uphill fight.

Every person you meet is waging his or her own war against a callous universe that is plotting against them.

Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it.

Everything's been a struggle for me.

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.

Don't struggle about the struggle. In other words, life's full of ups and downs. So if you're struggling, don't worry, everyone else has or will at some point.

I never question God. Sometimes I say, 'Why me? Why do I have such a hard life? Why do I have this disease? Why do I have siblings who died?' But then I think and say, 'Why not me?'

I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.

To the stars through thorns.

It is unnatural to deny effort, adversity, and pain.

Sometimes, you find peace through misery.

My entire life, nothing's been easy. This is the way it ought to be.

I don't think one ever stops struggling.

I'm from Colombia, and we've been through a lot of hard situations.

It's not easy to go up the steps after a defeat. It's very difficult for me, for everybody, but we have to accept it.

I've seen the human condition under the most trying of circumstances.

A loss is something tough.

I struggled for so many years.

I've known struggle.

Everyone has faced something; some struggles are more heroic than others.