Natural Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Straining and straining, getting nowhere, but unable to stop pushing in case the rock should fall and crush him. Meanwhile, arrogant bastards who were…

— Joe Abercrombie

“Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle.”

— Lao Tzu

There are the stars--doing their old, old crisscross journeys in the sky. Scholars haven't settled the matter yet, but they seem to think there…

— Thornton Wilder

Sometimes I can feel my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

It is only the fools who keep straining at high C all their lives.

— Charles Dudley Warner

What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?.

— George Bernard Shaw

I think leadership is both a trained thing and a natural gift.

— Colin Powell

Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

The thing for me is that my natural state is to be reserved and not share.

— Tom Segura

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

— Stephen Spender

“Every thing was to take its natural course, however, neither impelled nor assisted.”

— Jane Austen

“Straining? Straineded? Stained? Shit, maybe I am too drunk ... “Jojo,”

— Stylo Fantome