Sharpening Quote by Abraham Lincoln

If I''ve 8 hours to chop down a tree,I would spend 6 hours sharpening the axe.

— Vinesh

“If you ask me to cut down a tree I'll spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said that if he had eight hours to cut down a tree, he’d spend several of these hours…

— Irvin D. Yalom

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

— Abraham Lincoln

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend first five hours to sharpen the axe

— Hussein Nishah

If i get 8 hours to cut a tree i'll spend 7 hours to sharp my knife.

— Abraham Lincoln

I'd like to thank Sony for their gracious hospitality, and for not repeatedly punching me in the face. If I seem a little nervous,…

— Gabe Newell

One thing I have throughout my career, it felt like I did my best to align myself with quality artists, quality work, and it…

— Common

It is amazing how little effort most people make to improve control of their attention. If reading a book seems too difficult, instead of…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“The sharpening of the steel was less about the cutting edge of the blade than it was about the cutting edge of the soul…

— Nelson DeMille

A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out…

— Diane Johnson

I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils.

— David Rees