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“It's a much longer struggle than we ever dreamed of, and it's painful to see how the same battles must be fought again and again. When #MeToo happened in 2017, I couldn't believe my ears. They were saying everything we'd said 40 years ago. But then I realised that every generation repeats and repeats – until it’s over. It isn't over until it’s over.”
Vivian Gornick (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want people to see my battles and draw inspiration to keep pushing on and follow their dreams, Trying and getting desired results can take a toll on our human nature. I hope I can be a real reflection of that never-give-up spirit.”
Marie-Josée Ta Lou (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is self-evident to me that a literary history which selects only a few writers to represent a period is as partial as the old sort of history of nations which chronicled only kings and battles and not the lives of the people ruled and fought over-whose movements are in some ways the true movements of history.”
Alicia Ostriker (born 1937) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I trust this will make your journey easier and inspire you to fight your battles with the knowledge that, in the end, victory can be yours.”
Magda Wierzycka (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Legal steps for terminating a worker on permanent and contract terms must be respected by all otherwise counties risk spending public funds in running court battles.”
Margaret Kobia (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everyone’s got their own battles to fight.”
“...I think the comedy helps people who don’t necessarily have my same battles want to keep reading...”
Jenny Lawson (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“College campuses in our country must remain places where students can learn, share and grow together, not spaces where proxy battles and political grandstanding take root. Universities must remain independent venues where courage and reason unite to advance truth, no matter what forces set against them.”
Claudine Gay (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our scars reveal our battles, but they also demonstrate our resilience and ability to heal.”
Yasmina Khadra (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Past battles and political Punch and Judy shows are not for me. I will build a bridge to the brilliant future we all have- the right leader at the right time doing the right things. That leader is me.”
Linda Arkley (1952–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I and my husband were the victims of freedom for the period of about 30 years. I and Orton as lawyers fought strenuous court battles. But justice did not become justice; it cycled viciously, culminating in life jail sentences. But we were only political prisoners”
Vera Chirwa (born 1932) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How women counted: Story of Vera ChirwaThe Times(Mar 3, 2016)
“I met so many people who carry silent battles within them. Some of these struggles go unnoticed by the world but that doesn’t make them any less real. We talked about how healing isn’t just about getting over something, it’s about learning to live with the scar it leaves behind. It’s about being kind to yourself on the days when you don’t feel okay and celebrating the small victories when you do.”
Grace Tubwita wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I always finish my battles.”
Maya Jribi (1960–2018) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Maya Jribi, Tunisian Fighter for Democracy, Is Dead at 58,June 12, 2018,By Lilia Blaise
“as women, we still have plenty of battles to fight, and they can always count on me”
Eye Haidara (born 1983) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eye Haïdara: "I want to tell stories and make visible the people we meet every day",February 18, 2025,by Radio France
“The elision of comparative discussion of the Muslim and Jewish situations in Christian Spain is rooted in present-day Middle Eastern politics. The 1992 commemorations reflect present-day battles over the representations of history. Subordinated to a Eurocentric Zionist historiography, they lament yet another tragic episode in a homogenous, static Jewish history of relentless persecution.”
Ella Shohat (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The oak has long been a symbol of strength and, with the growth of the Royal Navy, also patriotic pride. It once fought our naval battles and carried our cargoes, framed our houses and spanned the roofs of cathedrals and barns, fed our pigs, tanned our leather and nourished our earliest industries.”
Peter Marren (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The PDP has started to fight back ferociously and violently because the stakes are so high. Already, huge funds and weapons of mass destruction are being assembled for the mother of all battles. Money, religion, ethnicity and other primordial sentiments are being deployed to confuse the electorate.”
Femi Falana (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Throughout history, the really fundamental changes in societies have come about not from the dictates of governments and the results of battles, but through vast numbers of people changing their minds — sometimes only a little bit.”
Willis Harman (1918–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Responding to ‘Do you intend to found your own party?’ I haven't thought about it yet. To those who tell me to return to the M5S, I reply that I would only sit down at the table if they left the Draghi government.[...] If it does not return to political battles, it risks becoming nothing more than a party of power.”
Alessandro Di Battista (born 1978) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Emanuele Buzzi, Di Battista: «I 5 Stelle rischiano di piegarsi al potere, non so se farò un mio movimento. Virginia Raggi? La sosterrei», corriere.it, 25 May 2021
“You must have confidence in yourself, and for me my spiritual grounding was very important, knowing that God loves me as much as he loves anybody else and that He’ll fight battles I can’t. I’m not in a room to fight. I just believe in myself, and I believe in Him. Some of the groups I was a part of at MIT never had a woman or an African American before.”
Carol Espy-Wilson (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Early on, being a young African woman in a technical space meant constantly having to prove myself. Access to funding, trust, and visibility were uphill battles. But I leaned on grit, mentorship, and an unshakeable belief in our mission, and I kept showing up.”
Yvette Ishimwe (born 1996) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the challenges she faced building Iriba. The New African Woman (July 4, 2025), same interview as above
“I never heard her speak of triumphs or fame—only of the battles she had fought, and even during her peak years, of the disappointments and the boos she accepted with humble endurance from the audience—acknowledged as sovereign—even when they failed to appreciate the innovations in her repertoire.”
Ofelia Mazzoni (1883–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And in many cases, where I have to file, for instance, reports, etc., the statute has to come up to show that I have the powers to do this... They said either you go for a change of the Act, but till the change comes through you will be known as Chairman. So I scrapped the cards thinking I had far larger battles to fight at that point. I accepted the term Chairman and went on with it”
Arundhati Bhattacharya (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you get on set – steal with your eyes and shut your mouth! Sometimes the squeaky wheel doesn’t get the oil, it gets replaced. Pick your battles.”
Maggie Benedict (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The duality of cultures shows up in my characters. I love capturing their internal battles. They often grapple with balancing their cultural heritage against the pressures of modern life”
Yvonne Maphosa wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have had memorable battles with them, and we are quite unfortunate to lose against them last year. We have grown as a team and playing in the Challenger has hardened us, and we are looking forward to doing well on home soil”
Grace Adhiambo (born 1998) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kenya Lionesses playmaker Grace Adhiambo joins French Club Racing 92, THE STAR, William Njuguna, 3 September 2025
“You do not lose sight of what you believe in, you do lot lose sight of the goal. You drown out the voices, because there are bigger battles to fight.”
Leni Robredo (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But people’s battles that don’t involve you, stay out of them. When you are young in the industry your heart is so open and you just speak up even when it’s not your place. You wonder why the adults are quiet”
Thuli Phongolo (born 1994) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How Thuli Phongolo shook off Generations setback 16 April, 2021
“From a culture that still asks women to laugh it off, to not be so sensitive and to pick their battles.”
Anne Curtis (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A little research or a life coach can go a long way in providing the how-tos. And in Scripture after Scripture, God encourages us to ‘be strong and courageous,’ because the battles we face are actually His to win, if only we seek His help. Bringing Him into the fight with us makes fear start to fall away.”
“As you age, you also mature on how you choose battles, how you fall in love, how you give, how you share, like that,”
Kim Chiu (born 1990) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kim Chiu says she’s no longer ‘OA’ when in love, while Paulo Avelino plays it cool, ABS-CBN News 16 October 2025.
“People can say anything about you, but only you know the truth. It's easy for others to judge, criticize or make assumptions based on what they see or hear but they don't know your story, your struggles, your growth. They don't see the quiet moments when you're fighting battles within yourself or celebrating the small wins that nobody else notices.”
Claudine Barretto (born 1979) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Claudine Barretto shares empowering message on self-love and inner struggles, By Stacy dela Fuente, 9 December 2025.
“No one notices the battles you face & the pain behind your smile. No one sees your small wins to celebrate with you. So love yourself first. Always.”
Claudine Barretto (born 1979) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Claudine Barretto shares empowering message on self-love and inner struggles, By Stacy dela Fuente, 9 December 2025.
“(About the conclusion of the broadcasts of “”Canzonissima“”) They realised that they had to stop fighting battles at the expense of the singers and that, as a show, the singing competition was long over.”
Pippo Baudo (1936–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While juristic battles over plots and elections rage on before the Bandial Court, old wounds carried by men and women who have so far not expressed the rage within will also present themselves. Let us consider one that continues to fester. The other day a group of former factory workers walked in. They were permanently laid off work during the height of the pandemic in April 2020.”
Salman Akram Raja wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There were years of nonstop work, rejection, and financial struggle, and I had to rebuild myself emotionally and professionally. There was a phase early on where I was juggling survival and ambition at the same time. No one will ever truly know how much strength that took. But those unseen battles built the resilience behind every pop moment I create today.”
Nora Fatehi (born 1992) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: D'Silva, Sharon (5 December 2025). "ELLE Digital Cover Star: Nora Fatehi Is 'Just A Girl' Doing It All". Elle India.
“Even in the history of American Christianity, Christian fundamentalism is a turn-of-the-century movement which was the result of battles fought out in all kinds of institutions, including schools and courts”
Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm not nostalgic: I fought battles when it was time. Today I'm more amused and cheerful.”
Ombretta Colli (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In our millions we have fought common battles together, recognising quite clearly that our strength lies in our unity.”
Oliver Tambo (1917–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’ve been in these battles since 2011. I’ve won six elections. I’ve never failed. Four elections. Two reruns. So nobody should lie to anybody and say, ‘Oh, if this person stands in the election, he will defeat me,’”
Eteng Jonah Williams (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the [current] battles over what we are going to teach, the reality is the story itself is the conflict. Who matters and who doesn’t? These are issues that have been struggled over for hundreds of years. That’s what the duality teaches us.”
Imani Perry (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I felt at the time, I was fighting too many battles. I was fighting for my rights as an African American in America; I was fighting for my right to make art as a woman artist; I was fighting to survive on a daily basis , I was fighting about my hair; and fighting to be a successful single parent.”
Dindga McCannon (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We've had some great battles over the years and I'm really looking forward to getting out to Australia in a few months and playing at the MCG for what will be a great honour to call my home ground.”
Tom Curran (cricketer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Labor is discovered to be the great, the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.”
William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No, no! The energy of life may be Kept on after the grave, but not begun; And he who flagg’d not in the earthly strife, From strength to strength advancing—only he His soul well-knit, and all his battles won, Mounts, and that hardly, to eternal life.”
Matthew Arnold (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Simple and brave, his faith awoke Ploughmen to struggle with their fate; Armies won battles when he spoke, And out of Chaos sprang the state.”
Robert Bridges (misattributed) first seen 1858 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Washington by Robert Bridges (1858 - 1941), American journalist and poet, who wrote under the pen name "Droch".
“The illustrious comparative anatomist, Huxley, Darwin's great general in the battles that had to be fought, but not a naturalist, far less a student of living nature.”
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) said by 1895 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Edward Bagnall Poulton in Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species (1909) p. 58
“We fight the same battles over and over again. They are never won for eternity, but in the process of struggling together, in community, we learn how to glimpse new possibilities that otherwise never would have become apparent to us, and in the process we expand and enlarge our very notion of freedom.”
Angela Davis (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Extraordinary rains pretty generally fall after great battles.”
Plutarch (40–120) said by 120 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Similarly, you are going to face many battles, you will win some, and lose some, either way keep fighting for your dreams.”
Grizelda Cjiekella wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source