Sharpens Quotes

63 quotes by 59 authors

Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves. — Eric Hoffer
The past sharpens perspective, warns against pitfalls, and helps to point the way. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
It's great to have an enemy. Sharpens your senses. — John Updike
Spend time with people who know how to use their days well. Just as iron sharpens iron, positive people will inspire you to be positive. — Rihanna
Your energy and your awareness are directly connected. If your energies are intense, your awareness naturally grows and sharpens. — Jaggi Vasudev
People often say that blindness sharpens hearing, but I don't think this is so. My ears were hearing no better, but I was making better… — Jacques Lusseyran
Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform. — George Steiner
Opportunity beckons more surely when misfortune comes upon a person than it ever does when that person is riding the crest of a wave of… — Epictetus
An unanswered question is a fine traveling companion. It sharpens your eye for the road. — Rachel Naomi Remen
Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Justice may be blind, but we all know that diversity in the courts, as in all aspects of society, sharpens our vision and makes us… — William J. Clinton
There is too much talk and gossip; pictures are apparently made, like stock-market prices, by competition of people eager for profits... All this traffic sharpens… — Edgar Degas
For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit. — Robert Genn
Natural science sharpens the discrimination. There is no false logic in nature. All its properties are permanent: the acids and metals never lie; their yea… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me… — Bear Grylls
Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting… — Hugh Jackman
As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. — Helen Keller
The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love. — Walter Savage Landor
Math is like going to the gym for your brain. It sharpens your mind. — Danica McKellar

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