Work Upon Quotes

28 quotes by 25 authors

All statements about the hydrides of boron earlier than 1912, when Stock began to work upon them, are untrue. — Alfred Stock
Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings. — John Donne
People are always talking about originality; but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us; and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him--all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest,… — Joseph Conrad
God shapes the world by prayer. The prayers of God's saints are the capitol stock of heaven by which God carries on His great work… — Edward McKendree Bounds
I never saw a useful Christian who was not a student of the Bible. If a man neglects his Bible, he may pray and ask… — Dwight L. Moody
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are… — John Selden
The Bible NEVER flatters its heroes. It tells us the truth about each one of them in order that against the background of human breakdown… — Alan Redpath
When a mathematician engaged in investigating physical actions and results has arrived at his own conclusions, may they not be expressed in common language as… — Michael Faraday
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work upon… — Ambrose Bierce
Give me great sinners to make great saints! They are glorious raw material for Grace to work upon and when you do get them saved,… — Charles Spurgeon
A beginning must be made somewhere and corner by corner, department by department, space by space, all will be known and conquered. In the end,… — John Andreas Widtsoe
People are always talking about originality, but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us, and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor. — Alexander Pope
Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are busy and not left to feed… — John Burroughs
But your job is to work upon yourself: for this you are chosen; the rest is in the hands of God. He who humbles himself… — Theophan the Recluse
In the beginning, after this earth was prepared for man, the Lord commenced his work upon what is now called the American continent, where the… — Brigham Young
A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring… — Alanis Morissette
The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon. — Horace Walpole
He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is detestable. And it has a fascination, too, which goes to work upon him.… — Joseph Conrad

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