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The pleasure derived from viewing the achievements of others, coupled with a true appreciation of nature, sharpens the desire to express pictorially.
— Edgar Alwin Payne
For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit.
— Robert Genn
Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart
— John Adams
That righteous anger quickly sharpens into determination. Determination, of course, being nothing more than anger with brakes and a steering wheel.
— Seth Grahame-Smith
Writing sharpens life; life enriches writing.
— Sylvia Plath
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
— Edmund Burke
As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so sex with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
— Helen Keller
There is nothing that sharpens a man's senses so acutely as to know that bitter and determined enemies are in pursuit of him night and day.
— Frederick Russell Burnham
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 a stronger nation.
— William J. Clinton
Generally speaking, punishment makes men hard and cold; it concentrates; it sharpens the feeling of alienation; it strengthens the power of resistance
— Friedrich Nietzsche
The past sharpens perspective, warns against pitfalls, and helps to point the way.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
As the class struggle sharpens in the U.S. Marxism will come into its own as a great popular study.
— C.L.R. James
A touch of the jitters sharpens the mind, gets the adrenaline flowing and helps you to focus.
— Richard Branson
Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost.
— Kevin Patterson
Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
— Pliny The Elder
...the breath that sharpens life is life itself...
— Philip Larkin
Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.
— William Drummond
The morning will brighten the day, darkness gives way to light. The man awakens and sharpens his knife on the whetstone of success.
— Kristian Goldmund Aumann
Man is wise to fear: it sharpens the sense of self-preservation.
— Anne McCaffrey
Any book thoughtfully read sharpens the mind and improves on and individual's professional potential.
— James F. Amos
Fear for your life sharpens your edge. Dread dulls it, think of the creep instead, stopping him.
— Dean Koontz
Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
— King Solomon
Exercise invigorates the body and sharpens the mind.
— Michael Crichton
Being temporarily broke sharpens the mirror's reflection.
— Garry Fitchett
The practice of law sharpens the mind by making it narrow.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
A deeper intimacy with God sharpens our awareness of sin, which causes a stronger need for grace and a freer offering of mercy.
— Alisa Hope Wagner
That which is painful sharpens one's love.
— Andrew Davidson
But there was change in the air, and whether for good or ill, change always quickens the pulse and sharpens the senses.
— Karen Engelmann
Math is like going to the gym for your brain. It sharpens your mind.
— Danica McKellar
Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer molds us, the file sharpens us, and the fire tempers us.
— Samuel Rutherford
The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform.
— George Steiner
Chess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization.
— Samuel Reshevsky
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
— Benjamin Franklin
Denial of one appetite sharpens the others.
— Mason Cooley
Your energy and your awareness are directly connected. If your energies are intense, your awareness naturally grows and sharpens.
— Jaggi Vasudev
Fear is a force that sharpens your senses. Being afraid is a state of paralysis in which you can't do anything.
— Marcus Luttrell
A wise board accumulates rational wisdom, embraces unconventional wisdom and sharpens system wisdom.
— Pearl Zhu
War," Pax said, "either dulls the mind to despair or sharpens it toward intuitive truths.
— Dean Koontz
One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron.
— Francis Collins
You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.
— Baltasar Gracian
Travel sharpens the senses. Abroad one feels, sees and hears things in an abnormal way.
— Paul Fussell
The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
— Walter Savage Landor
Keep your nose to the grindstone. It sharpens your boogers.
— Steven Tyler
Missing someone is the whetstone that sharpens want.
— Leah Raeder
But everyone should try writing a little code, because it somehow sharpens the mind, right?
— Jeff Atwood
Even when you're terrified, or because fear sharpens the mind, you get flashes of blinding comprehension. [Vincent]
— Karen Maitland
It's great to have an enemy. Sharpens your senses.
— John Updike
