#strain

It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment. ↗

— Galileo Galilei

#authority #bound #consider #constrain #experiment

I've always known that sporting people frequently suffer from joint problems because of the repeated strain they put on their bodies to get to the top. But somehow I never thought it would happen to me. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#because #bodies #frequently #get #happen

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#did #die #fearful #i #laugh

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. ↗

— John Locke

#beings #capable #created #end #enlarge

It wasn't like a Maths test where I have to strain to get it right. I feel very close to Luna so acting her was just natural. And if I had got too nervous I'd have done terribly. ↗

— Evanna Lynch

#close #done #feel #get #got

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long. ↗

— Robert Staughton Lynd

#friendship #good #good advice #long #much

Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you. ↗

— Cameron Mackintosh

#bring #circumstances #constrained #out #you

I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy. ↗

— Og Mandino

#apply #become #cries #efforts #grain

There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint. ↗

— George Mason

#free #free man #him #impatient #man

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists. ↗

— John McCarthy

#better #both #face #honesty #humanity