Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy. Václav Havel
The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once. F. H. Bradley
Everybody's life has some mythical quality. You struggle against obstacles, you fight to get to a higher level and there are great loves. Dolph Lundgren
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish. Simone Weil
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. Orison Swett Marden
The function of art is to struggle against obligation. Amedeo Modigliani