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121 " There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand they strain into the future hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes. "
122 " Out of the strain of the doing Into the peace of the done. "
123 " When Britain first at Heaven's command Arose from out the azure main This was the charter of the land And Guardian angels sung this strain " Rule Britannia! rule the waves Britons never will be slaves." "
124 " Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long. "
125 " If we could learn how to balance rest against effort calmness against strain quiet against turmoil we would assure ourselves of joy in living and psychological health for life. "
126 " If this world affords true happiness it is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with the years where the necessities of life come without severe strain where luxuries enter only after their cost has been carefully considered. "
127 " There's a thread that binds all of us together pull one end of the thread the strain is felt all down the line. "
128 " You say that love is nonsense. ... I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain an ache about the heart never leaving one by night or by day a long strain on one's nerves like toothache or rheumatism not intolerable at any one instant but exhausting by its steady drain on the strength. "
129 " If music be the food of love play on Give me excess of it that surfeiting The appetite may sicken and so die. That strain again! it had a dying fall: O it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound. "
130 " Time spent on the knees in prayer will do more to remedy heart strain and nerve worry than anything else. "
131 " Out of the strain of the Doing into the peace of the Done. "
132 " Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance. "
133 " Today whenever women gather together it is not necessarily nurturing. It is coalition building. And if you feel the strain you may be doing some good work. "