Anvil Quotes

57 Anvil quotes by 51 unique authors

The first time I saw nitroglycerine was in the beginning of the Crimean War. Professor Zinin in St. Petersburg exhibited some to my father and… — Alfred Nobel
Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Let me think... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple? — Isaac Newton
We are to regard the mind, not as a piece of iron to be laid upon the anvil and hammered into any shape, nor as… — Mark Hopkins
It is better to be the hammer than the anvil. — Emily Dickinson
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. — Hubert H. Humphrey
In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike. — Edwin Markham
The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the capital invested in his anvil, hammer and bellows, and the… — Leland Stanford
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living. — Charles R. Swindoll
In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer... — George Orwell
You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life's a forge - Yes, and hammer and anvil, too. You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But… — Lloyd Alexander
Tell people the hammered truth, and it will ring like steel against an anvil. — Elizabeth Haydon
Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver. — Robert Jordan
A hand landed on his shoulder like an anvil. “How’d you like to stay for dinner?” Butch looked up. The guy was wearing a baseball… — J R Ward
Let me twine Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarr'd the moon with splinters: here… — William Shakespeare
What happened to your face?" Harriet asked. "It was a misunderstanding," Daniel said smoothly, wondering how long it might take for his bruises to heal.… — Julia Quinn
I would rather be the hammer than the anvil — Erwin Rommel
Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light. — Pindar
It is a fantastic initiative by the ministry to develop Aakash Tablet, a mobile device that can be utilised by students anywhere. It was successfully… — Pallam Raju
Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England. — Thomas Malory
When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil. — James Carville
The anvil never takes advice from the hammer. — Vikrant Parsai
An educated man who studies hammer but doesn't know anything about an anvil is an uneducated man. — Vikrant Parsai

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