Refining Quotes

60 quotes by 59 authors

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs… — Lee H. Hamilton
We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to… — A. Theodore Tuttle
I believe the ultimate goal of living and refining your values is to identify and achieve congruence with universal principles. — Steve Pavlina
I'd also like to do a play. I've never done theater, and constantly changing and refining a performance is something I'd like to do, even… — Nastassja Kinski
I get excited about what the Holy Spirit is doing now through all the people he is refining and raising up all over this planet.… — Daniel Smith
I travel a ridiculous amount, so I've thought a lot about, and spent a lot of time refining, what I carry and how I carry… — David Pogue
I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in… — Steve Martin
A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of… — Chaim Potok
She wrote poetry constantly; that was her "work". She was a slow bleeder and she slaved over it for long, exhausting hours, and many a… — Millard Kaufman
When you go through difficult times, make sure you pass the test. Donâ€™t be stubborn and hardheaded. Recognize that God is refining you, knocking off… — Joel Osteen
The Orient and Islam have a kind of extrareal, phenomenologically reduced status that puts them out of reach of everyone except the Western expert. From… — Edward Said
The Obama campaign is one of the greatest examples of what is possible in the brave new world of 21st Century marketing. They did a… — Anne M. Mulcahy
Nearly every business collects metrics on inventory, sales, and workplace process. Health care has been slow to measure these kinds of outcomes. Increasingly, general medicine,… — Thomas R. Insel
I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky. — Daniel Boulud
Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability. — Roy L. Smith
So, while I gave up the notions of publishing at that time, I never stopped editing and refining that book. A few years later, in… — R A Salvatore
Let the tasks of refining, improving, and appreciating your own life keep you so busy that you have no need and no time to criticize… — Bakare
I was super stoked to check Fiji and Japan off my list last year, I didn't think I'd ever do well in Japan. But yeah,… — Andy Irons
You are a reflection of nature. You should always be upgrading, refining, and improving. — Steve Maraboli
Don't allow your trials to discourage you. The finest vessels of gold started out as rocks of ore. It was the crushing, fire, smelting, beating… — Ritu Ghatourey

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