Mental Battles Quotes

To live is - to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind

Instead of being at the mercy of wild beasts, earthquakes, landslides, and inundations, modern man is battered by the elemental forces of his own psyche. This is the World Power that vastly exceeds all other powers on earth. The Age of Enlightenment, which stripped nature and human institutions of gods, overlooked the God of Terror who dwells in the human soul.

The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go.

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

I think I'm aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.

It's a goalkeeper's job. There's so many times you're doing nothing for 89, 90 minutes, and then there's a split-second moment. It's a different challenge to outfield players, who have a lot of physical challenges and battle. We have a lot of mental battles; it's about maintaining your focus, refining processes of what you do in a game.

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

Everyone you idolize wakes up scared to be themselves sometimes.

These passions of soul, these conflicts so fierce, will cease, and be repressed by the casting of a little dust.

Every man has his devilish minutes.

I had to fight with myself not to hurt people, some serious mental wars.

I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I'm at war with myself I ride, I just ride.

I have so many insecurities they fight for prominence.

When you talk about people being haunted or wrestling demons, that is a rich metaphor.

You're never gonna outwrite the movement of the white clouds and the blue sky. You're never going to. There are times when I try to write beautifully, but I don't know if I'm trying to exorcise my own demons. If I am, there are other ones lurking beneath, because they keep coming out. Maybe little by little I'm fumigating.

I am always fascinated by the mental struggles that people and characters have.