And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain. — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
Brexit has been a strain on all of us. In some ways it has paralysed us. — Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Copy Share Image
Goals should always be made to a point that will make us reach and strain. — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
My business was great, and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We strain hardest for things which are almost but not quite within our reach. — Frederick William Faber Copy Share Image
My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain. — Arthur Lydiard Copy Share Image
There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting… — Pindar Copy Share Image
Neither of us entered marriage thinking it wouldn't be a strain. Life has strains in it, and he's the person I want… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
Following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $3 per gallon gasoline became common and our nation has come under considerable strain. — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
The Department of Agriculture announced that it will ban six new strains of E. coli. Which explains why the hot dog vendor… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
God never gives strength for tomorrow, or for the next hour, but only for the strain of the minute. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Penalties put too much strain on one player. It could ruin his career if he's not a strong character. — Terry Venables Copy Share Image
Every man may be observed to have a certain strain of lamentation, some peculiar theme of complaint on which he dwells in… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Life and death: they are one, at core entwined. Who understands himself from his own strain presses himself into a drop of… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Like the Puritans, live in terms of the settled judgement that the joy of heaven will make amends of any losses and… — Joel Beeke Copy Share Image
In moments of considerable strain, I tend to take to bread-and-butter pudding. There is something about the blandness of soggy bread, the… — Clement Freud Copy Share Image
The proper timing of an attacking plan is a difficult matter which places great strain on a player's nerves. Mastery of this… — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
To lovers, I devise their imaginary world, with whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red, red roses… — Williston Fish Copy Share Image
The institution of private property... is undergoing, at this time, a strain never put on it before. Not because the corporation, in… — Peter S. Grosscup Copy Share Image
If I had a long-term partner, I don't think I'd be an actor. It'd be too much of a strain; you have… — Rory McCann Copy Share Image
Isn't success ridiculously easy, once it begins to succeed? ... after the strain and sweat and pushing until the very groins of… — Fannie Hurst Copy Share Image
Were it not for the consciousness of Christ in my life, hour by hour, I could not go on. But He is… — Hudson Taylor Copy Share Image
What is truth?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Pilate was in advance of his time. For "truth"… — J. L. Austin Copy Share Image
The art of manipulating public opinion, which is a necessary art for the democratic politician, and, like other arts, is sometimespractised with… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Hostility towards Microsoft is not difficult to find on the Net, and it blends two strains: resentful people who feel Microsoft is… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Shakespeare carries us to such a lofty strain of intelligent activity, as to suggest a wealth which beggars his own; and we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan's philosophy. In this… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
In short, all good things are wild and free. There is something in a strain of music, whether produced by an instrument… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is no strain of metaphor to say that the love of God and the wrath of God are the same thing,… — Reginald John Campbell Copy Share Image
I have always preferred to liken the championship to a marathon. You have to know how to start the race, how to… — Bob Paisley Copy Share Image
Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin'd, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind. — Phillis Wheatley Copy Share Image
For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope; I strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And… — Christina Rossetti Copy Share Image
Does the terror threat we're facing grow out of a perversion of Islam, or does it represent and extreme, but durable, strain… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
There seems to be a common strain of miserliness in the American people when it comes to throwing away toothpaste tubes which… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Time loves a new lay; and the dirge he is playing Will change for you soon to a livelier strain. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
