His Tools Quotes

27 quotes by 26 authors

Fourthly, the way of the artisan. The way of the carpenter is to become proficient in the use of his tools, first to lay his… — Miyamoto Musashi
There's an old saying,'It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools.' It's usually the player who misses those three-footers, not the putter. — Kathy Whitworth
The picket line is the best place to train organizers. One day on the picket line is where a man makes his commitment. The longer… — Cesar Chavez
The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is learning… — Edward Weston
Man must shape his tools lest they shape him. — Arthur Miller
One day, the Devil decided to go out of business. His tools, therefore, being for sale, were put on display; and Malice, Jealousy, and Pride… — James Keller
Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Maybe because it's entirely an artist's eye, patience and skill that makes an image and not his tools. — Ken Rockwell
A paradigm is a powerful theoretical and methodological framework which defines the working lives of thousands of intelligent and disciplined minds. And paradigms do not… — John Naughton
At the utmost, the active-minded young man should ask of his teacher only mastery of his tools. The young man himself, the subject of education,… — Henry Adams
The reverence that the object maker has for the materials, for the shape, and for the miracle of his skill transcends to God, the Master… — Sam Maloof
Just as a man working with his tools should know its limitations, a man working with his cognitive apparatus must know its limitations. — Charlie Munger
No doubt, man will continue to weigh and to measure, watch himself grow, and his Universe around him and with him, according to the ever… — Albert Claude
A workman who wants to do his work well must first prepare his tools. — Confucius
A bad workman quarrels with his tools. — George Herbert
My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files… — Yusef Komunyakaa
When a workman knows the use of his tools, he can make a door as well as a window. — George Eliot
He was a worker whose only desire was to penetrate with all his forces into the humble and difficult significance of his tools. Therein lay… — Rainer Maria Rilke
The skeptic says that the believer has lost his own mind under God. On the contrary, it is the people who follow God who are… — Criss Jami
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. — Confucius

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