Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds you down or…

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

— Thomas Holcroft

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

“Life is like a grindstone; whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you're made of.”

— Anonymous

First, say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do. Life is a grindstone. Whether it wears you down…

— Zig Ziglar

“...a clerk, a machine, a riding-school hack, eating and drinking and sleeping at fixed hours. I should be like everyone else. And that's what…

— Honoré de Balzac

Life is like a grindstone -- whether it wears you down or polishes you up depends on what you are made of

— Anonymous

Whether life grinds a man down or polishes him depends on what he's made of.

— Kathryn Kuhlman

“That woman grinds my grits, and that's a fact.”

— Nancy Turner

God grinds the axes he intends to use.

— Dave Sim

God's mill grinds slow, but sure.

— George Herbert

What ever truth drops on it eventually grinds to a powder.

— Art Blakey

I spent my time in Serie C: that's a league that grinds you down and spits you out.

— Maurizio Sarri

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

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

— Les Wexner

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

— Robert Reich