“… most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.”
Source: Red: The Heroic Rescue
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American writer 1962Related quotes
Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of Morality (1889)
“In matters of style, swim with the current: in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
As quoted in Careertracking: 26 success Shortcuts to the Top (1988) by James Calano and Jeff Salzman; though used in an address by Bill Clinton (31 March 1997), and sometimes cited to Notes on the State of Virginia (1787) no earlier occurence of this has yet been located.
Disputed
"Hitler and His Choice", The Strand Magazine (November 1935), quoted in Martin Gilbert, Prophet of Truth: Winston S. Churchill, 1922–1939 (London: Minerva, 1990), p. 680
The 1930s
Footprints of a Dream : The Story of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples (1959), p. 7
Context: The movement of the Spirit of God in the hearts of men and women often calls them to act against the spirit of their times or causes them to anticipate a spirit which is yet in the making. In a moment of dedication they are given wisdom and courage to dare a deed that challenges and to kindle a hope that inspires.
Archbishop Peta: Solidarity in Kazakhstan in times of pandemic https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-04/kazakhstan-church-solidarity-amid-trying-times.html (15 April 2020)