Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

The line uses a playful “dictionary” fact—words like “striving” and “struggle” alphabetically come before “success”—to make a motivational point about real life. Breathnach frames effort and difficulty not as signs of failure but as the normal preconditions of achievement. By invoking the dictionary, she gives the idea a memorable, almost proverbial logic: the sequence is built into language itself. The quote’s significance lies in its reframing of hardship as part of the process, encouraging persistence and patience when progress feels slow or painful.