Sharpen Quotes
115 quotes by 104 authors
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Promiscuity in men may cheapen love but sharpen thought. Promiscuity in women is illness, a leakage of identity.
— Camille Paglia
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Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
— William Shakespeare
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People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
— William Faulkner
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High in the North in a land called Svithjod there is a mountain. It is a hundred miles long and a hundred miles high and…
— Hendrik Willem van Loon
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Writing is another powerful way to sharpen the mental saw. Keeping a journal of our thoughts, experiences, insights, and learnings promotes mental clarity, exactness, and…
— Stephen Covey
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Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment,…
— Walter Savage Landor
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From music and dance to painting and sculpting, the arts allow us to explore new worlds and to view life from another perspective. They also…
— George W. Bush
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It's income tax time again, Americans: time to gather up those receipts, get out those tax forms, sharpen up that pencil, and stab yourself in…
— Dave Barry
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Fitness if like the blade of a knife; you want to sharpen it without ruining the blade.
— Sally Jenkins
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For the production of man a different apprenticeship [from forests] was needed to sharpen the wits and quicken the higher manifestations of intellect - a…
— Raymond Dart
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Man can learn self-discipline without becoming ascetic; he can be wise without waiting to be old; he can be influential without waiting for status. Man…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themselves live closer to the dream, but instead sharpen their perceptions and fight to…
— Margaret Mead
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Learn the Arabic language; it will sharpen your wisdom.
— Umar
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There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.
— Roger Ascham
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Physiologists and high-performance trainers understand now that the concept of 110 percent is no longer a smart way to train. Fitness is like the blade…
— Sally Jenkins
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The reality is that the United States military alone cannot be all things to all nations. We will sharpen the application of our resources, better…
— Leon Panetta
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect…
— Al Pacino
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Each of us carries a sleeping tiger inside, and we can’t predict when that cat will wake, stretch, and sharpen its claws.
— Holly Robinson Peete
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Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
— Ovid
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Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger…
— John Stuart Mill
Who Wrote These Sharpen Quotes
104 authors contributed a total of 115 Sharpen Quotes, led by these top contributors: