Quote by George R.R. Martin

You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless.

— Anonymous

“Get around people who are trying to make a difference in the world. Iron sharpens iron.”

— Mensah Oteh

“It's iron that can sharpen iron; wood cannot do that.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“When iron and carbon come together, there emerges steel! To be something stronger and better, you must mostly unite with something else and melt…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Hard things don't always make life harder. It takes something hard to sharpen steel.”

— Richard Paul Evans

“I don’t mind ironing at all. There’s a special satisfaction in making wrinkled things smooth.”

— Haruki Murakami

“From bells to cannons and back again, from now until the end of time. Such is the fate of iron ore.”

— Amor Towles

“Life's a forge! Yes, and hammer and anvil, too! You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But…

— Lloyd Alexander

“Better to have steel to hand and find no trouble than find yourself in trouble with no steel to hand.”

— Joe Abercrombie

“He took the tin out of my hand and said, 'We're all damaged, in a way. But it's nothing that can't be fixed. You…

— Heather Smith

“Too many irons, not enough fire.”

— S. Kelley Harrell

“Iron has powers to draw a man to ruin”

— Homer