Sharpening Quotes
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Sharpening Quotes & Sayings
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The mutual preference of frankness over flattery is what leads to iron sharpening iron.
— Torry Martin
Night wasn't so much falling as sharpening its claws.
— Jim Butcher
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
— Lao-Tzu
If you ask me to cut down a tree I'll spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.
— Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said that if he had eight hours to cut down a tree, he'd spend several of these hours sharpening his ax.
— Irvin D. Yalom
I play around with my Japanese Garden. Since Im half way to 70 today I need to start pruning trees and sharpening plants like an old fart.
— Jason Bateman
Fear, Katherine had once heard, acted as a stimulant sharpening the mind's ability to think.
— Dan Brown
It's iron that can sharpen iron; wood cannot do that.
— Israelmore Ayivor
You enhance the beauty of your life by sharpening your awareness and deepening your consciousness.
— Debasish Mridha
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
— Abraham Lincoln
I believe it doesn't really matter where you work as long as you work. Keep sharpening your teeth.
— Morgan Freeman
Desire and dread lay right next to each other in his heart, each sharpening the other.
— Maggie Stiefvater
During the lockout year, my focus was the basics, sharpening my moves, my fundamentals.
— Brandon Jennings
They were young; time hadn't yet rubbed at them, polishing their differences and sharpening their opinions ...
— Kate Morton
Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives.
— Veronica Roth
2.3.06.02.087: Unnecessary sharpening of pencils constitutes a waste of public resources, and will be punished as appropriate.
— Jasper Fforde
We serve nature's purpose by culling the herd, and our own by sharpening our skills. We are the predatory swarm!
— James Luceno
She was a femme fatale with creative license, and she was sharpening her pen just for me.
— M.K. Williams
Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion; a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes.
— Martin Farquhar Tupper
Fire on the mountain," the granny woman said. "They up there sharpening they swords." Then she said that word again: freedom.
— Terry Bisson
Giant agencies are wobbling like drunkards ... the rest of you should be sharpening your knives,
— Dan Wieden
Sharpen your life always; even though it will come to an end like a pencil, we have to keep on writing
— Munia Khan
For everybody in their busy lives, you need to invest in sharpening your tools, and you need to invest in longevity.
— Ryan Holmes
Who the hell did thatjust sat around, sharpening his knife collection like it was no big deal? — Kit Rocha
Since learning causes our brains to grow new synapses, I like to believe that the road is sharpening my mind and lengthening my life with surprise.
— Gloria Steinem
I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils.
— David Rees
Sharpening your knife is never a waste of time.
— Robin Hobb
