#strain

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

— Stephen Spender

#beyond #go #great #poetry #somebody

For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community. ↗

— Joe Biden

#common #community #individualism #long #over

We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#considerable #continue #matter #obviously #path

Al Qaeda is nothing more than a mutant supply chain. They're playing off the same platform as Wal-Mart and Dell. They're just not restrained by it. What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain. That's what we're up against in Iraq. We're up against a suicide supply chain. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#al #chain #dell #global #iraq

The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language. ↗

— Robert Fripp

#form #in fact #language #musical #possible

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#becomes #courtesy #irresistible #latter #restraint

I do not see any beauty in self-restraint. ↗

— Mary MacLane

#beauty #i #i do #see #self-restraint

Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you. ↗

— Cameron Mackintosh

#bring #circumstances #constrained #out #you

We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#aspect #being #beings #bound #chain

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves. ↗

— Henry Miller

#fear #finding #full #give #hope