Strain Due Applied

Famous quotes containing the words strain, due and/or applied:

    You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!
    Bible: New Testament, Matthew 23:24.

    Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of playing a relatively small part in the creation of living beings, which constantly impels them to an overcompensation in achievement?
    Karen Horney (1885–1952)

    Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you’ve watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you.
    Nicholson Baker (b. 1957)