The world is a grindstone and life is your nose

It is the familiar that usually eludes us in life. What is before our nose is what we see last.

— William Barrett

“Marriage is love put to it's ultimate test - the grindstone of life. Where the idealism of love meets the everydayness of marriage.”

— Carew Papritz

It appears these days I don't have much of a life because my nose is often stuck in a book. But I discovered that…

— Gary Soto

If you keep your nose to the grindstone, you don’t have any nose,

— Les Wexner

Hold your nose to the grindstone

— Proverb

We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity.

— Anonymous

“Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on you. —L. Thomas Holdcroft”

— Kim L. Abernethy

“The Grindstone III. The Shadow IV. Calm in Storm V. The Wood-Sawyer”

— Charles Dickens

Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.

— Thomas Holcroft

Opinions, theories, and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them…

— Antoine Rivarol

It's almost comical that astronauts are stereotyped as daredevils and cowboys. As a rule, we're highly methodical and detail-oriented. Our passion isn't for thrills…

— Chris Hadfield

We encounter the grinding wheels that sharpen our mental blades many places in life. Adversity, school, parents, spiritual guides, books, experience are all sharpening…

— Rob Kall

So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our…

— Benjamin Franklin

The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone -…

— Robert Reich

Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of.

— Josh Billings