Crucible Quotes

43 quotes by 40 authors

At times, life is hard, as hard as crucible steel. It has its bleak and painful moments. Like the ever flowing water of a river,… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on… — William Osler
If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and… — Samuel Johnson
The laws of physics and chemistry must be the same in a crucible as in the larger laboratory of Nature. — Alfred Harker
Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only… — Joseph Joubert
We have the opportunity now to join in the celebration of possibility, to align ourselves with the forces of life. Weâ€™ll need to become skilled… — Velcrow Ripper
Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted — Tariq Ramadan
From every pulpit in the land it needs to be thundered forth that God still lives, that God still observes, ... still reigns. Faith is… — Arthur W. Pink
Sudan is not really a country at all, but many. A composite layers, like a genetic fingerprint of memories that were once fluid, but have… — Jamal Mahjoub
In being with dying, we arrive at a natural crucible of what it means to love and be loved. And we can ask ourselves this:… — Joan Halifax
Ask yourself: What forms the decisions you make? What is it that gnaws at you? What are your crucible moments? — Les Wexner
When I can see my face in it [the liquid gold in the crucible] then it is pure. — Amy Carmichael
It is in the quiet crucible of your personal, private sufferings that your noblest dreams are born and God's greatest gifts are given. — Wintley Phipps
Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened… — Steve Buyer
Making workable choices occurs in a crucible of informative mistakes. Thus Intelligence accepts fallibility. And when absolute (infallible) choices are not know, Intelligence takes chances… — Frank Herbert
Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body...are traceable to the crucibles that were once the centers of high mass stars that exploded… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
There's very little greatness in this world, but in the crucible of quality there's a special corner reserved for Van Halen. — Bob Lefsetz
Cities are the crucible of civilization. — Geoffrey West

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