Grindstone Quotes

19 quotes by 16 authors

So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry… — Benjamin Franklin
Realizing how often ingenious speculation in the complex biological world has led nowhere and how often the real advances in biology as well as in… — Thomas Hunt Morgan
The world is a grindstone and life is your nose — Fred Allen
Danger was the grindstone on which the swordsman whetted his spirit. Enemies were teachers in disguise. — Eiji Yoshikawa
Life really is like a grindstone, in that it will either grind you down or polish you up. — Zig Ziglar
One of the few graces of getting old-and God knows there are few graces-is that if you've worked hard and kept your nose to the… — Maurice Sendak
First, say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do. Life is a grindstone. Whether it wears you down or… — Zig Ziglar
A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone. — Benjamin Franklin
If you keep your nose to the grindstone, you donâ€™t have any nose, — Les Wexner
The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone - was… — Robert Reich
It's almost comical that astronauts are stereotyped as daredevils and cowboys. As a rule, we're highly methodical and detail-oriented. Our passion isn't for thrills but… — Chris Hadfield
When I first graduated college, I told my parents I'd try to pursue comedy for the first year or two, and if it didn't work… — Ben Schwartz
In going where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, and seeing what you have to see, you'll dull and blunt… — Ernest Hemingway
The great grindstone, Earth, had turned when Mr. Lorry looked out again, and the sun was red on the courtyard. But, the lesser grindstone stood… — Charles Dickens
We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity. — H.G. Wells
A grindstone that had not grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax? And affairs that had not grit in them,… — Henry Ward Beecher
Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground. — Josh Billings
Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of. — Josh Billings
Hold your nose to the grindstone — Proverb

Who Wrote These Grindstone Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 19 Grindstone Quotes as follows: