John Steinbeck Quotes about Struggle

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Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.

Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.

John Steinbeck

Struggle, Good Things, Worthwhile

John Steinbeck (2006). “In Dubious Battle”, p.176, Penguin

We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.

John Steinbeck

Travel, Struggle, Journey

John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.8, Penguin

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policies and coercion are fruitless. We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.

John Steinbeck

Inspirational, Travel, Struggle

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.

John Steinbeck

Travel, Struggle, Journey

John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.8, Penguin

A study of animal communities has this advantage: they are merely what they are, for anyone to see who will and can look clearly; they cannot complicate the picture by worded idealisms, by saying one thing and being another; here the struggle is unmasked and the beauty is unmasked.

John Steinbeck

Struggle, Animal, Community

Edward Flanders Ricketts, John Steinbeck (1978). “The Outer shores”