Grinding Quotes

112 Grinding quotes by 100 unique authors

Anxiety in human life is what squeaking and grinding are in machinery that is not oiled. In life, trust is the oil. — Henry Ward Beecher
Our time here on the earth is short, and our chance to make a difference is tiny. For me the grinding blocks of history came… — Paul Rusesabagina
College is the grinding machine of the Mathematical Establishment, a conveyor belt that takes individuals from one cookie cutter to another so that the product… — Bill Gaede
When we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen... Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose. — Steven Pressfield
There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and… — Dalai Lama
I am forced to get my living by the labour of my hand; and the sweat of my brow... for bitter bread, earned under the… — James Otis
All our contemporary philosophers perhaps without knowing it are looking through eyeglasses that Baruch Spinoza polished. Spinoza was a philosopher who earned his livelihood by… — Heinrich Heine
As Joel said, there's a bit more licence to attack over here, whereas the NRL is a bit more grinding-type football. — Brett Finch
Without a doubt, the next few minutes would be the most hellishly exciting in my life. Grinding pain and killer fatigue waited just beyond the… — Brad Alan Lewis
It's a story of little girls who are pressed into working in sweat shops in games, who spend all day doing repetitive grinding tasks like… — Cory Doctorow
Some of ya'll SAY you be grinding but...you don't really know how to GRIND!! — Eric Thomas
The grinding power of the plain words of the Gospel story is like the power of mill-stones, and those who can read them simply enough… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Be modest in your wants...There is nothing that will cause greater tensions in marriage than grinding debt, which will make of you a slave to… — Gordon B. Hinckley
There was no more grass, no flowers, not even any moss: dusty granite blocks covered the ice and an occasional grinding groan reminded us that… — Chris Bonington
Grinding the faces of the poor seems to be the policy of the Greens. — Jerry Pournelle
Creating a family in this turbulent world is an act of faith, a wager that against all odds there will be a future, that love… — Dean Koontz
Jew storekeepers have already learned the advantage to be gained from this [unlimited credit]: they lead on the farmer into irretrievable indebtedness, and keep him… — Robert Louis Stevenson
My making it is a combination of grinding, grinding, grinding and being lucky enough to finally get a shot. — Busta Rhymes
There's a phrase, "sitzfleisch", which means just plain sitting on your ass and getting it done. Just showing up for work. My uncle Raphael was… — Peter S. Beagle
One of my producers said this business is like a hamster on that little wheel thing that goes around and around. You may have a… — Sean Hannity
I'm a grinding actor. That's how I've always viewed myself. You go from one job to the next. — Jake M. Johnson
I did about 10-12 national commercials and then got one line parts in things like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and the show 'The Unit.' Got a… — Jake M. Johnson
Tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his [mankind's] ego. His anxiety subsides. His inhuman void spreads monstrously like a gray vegetation. — Hans Arp
He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding. Have I not tarried? Ay, the grinding; but you must tarry… — William Shakespeare
Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities. — Anthony Burgess

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