The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway…

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong

— Thomas Carlyle

''The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.''

— Thomas Carlyle

I remember as a child reading or hearing the words 'The Great Divide' and being stunned by the glorious sound, a proper sound for…

— John Steinbeck

“Men could be as big as a house and made of granite, but they all had balls in the same place.”

— Stieg Larsson

Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to do it with granite counter…

— Nadia Giosia

“Grandmother walked up over the bare granite and thought about birds in general. It seemed to her no other creature had the same dramatic…

— Tove Jansson

The landscape of my days appears to be composed, like mountainous regions, of varied materials heaped up pell-mell. There I see my nature, itself…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

“The waves smash against rocks, boulder thunders upon bolder. Granite men grind one another, leaving their clean sand to floor the ocean. The alternative…

— Haniel Long

Where I lived - winter and hard earth.I sat in my cold stone roomchoosing tough words, granite, flint,to break the ice. My broken heart…

— Carol Ann Duffy

“All White House hopefuls we forewarn: You'll have to prove that you were born. Before Trump hits the state of granite, He must identify…

— Calvin Trillin

“Build your house on granite. By granite I mean your nature that you are torturing to death, the love in your child's body, your…

— Wilhelm Reich

It was not a mere man he was holding, but a giant; or a block of granite. The pull was unendurable. The pain unendurable.

— James Ramsey Ullman

The toughest trail I ever ran was the Escarpment in the Catskills of New York State. This was an 18-mile race through Rip Van…

— Don Kardong

Custom is custom: it is built of brass, boiler-iron, granite; facts, reasonings, arguments have no more effect upon it than the idle winds have…

— Mark Twain

The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a…

— Mary Higgins Clark