Quotes About Handiwork

Tears can ruin the handiwork of the best beautician.

Perhaps thee will best understand what Abigail is like if I tell thee that when she quilts she prefers to stitch in the ditch, hiding her poor stitches in the seams between the blocks.

He was a ferocious man. He had been ill-made in the making. He had not been born right, and he had not been helped any by the molding he had received at the hands of society. The hands of society are harsh, and this man was a striking sample of its handiwork. He was a beast - a human beast, it is true, but nevertheless so terrible a beast that he can best be characterized as carnivorous.

Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand.

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.

Mathematics is man's own handiwork, subject only to the limitations imposed by the laws of thought.

All three are terrific carpenters and cabinetmakers.

Amazing what the application of a knitting needle could do for one's manners.

I'd rather be stitchin' than in the kitchen!

I cannot count my day complete 'Til needle, thread and fabric meet.

The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork," he notes

I always understood the beauty of things made by hand. I came to realize that what was really important was the care that was put into it.

Simplicity and unity, he intuitively believed, were hallmarks of the Old One's handiwork. A theory is more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises, the more different things it relates, and the more expanded its area of applicability, he wrote.

The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.

Around the year 2000, women began to reclaim knitting and sewing circles as spaces of solidarity, to use handiwork as a social connector and form of giving, and to make political commentary through craft in a movement termed "craftivism."73 A knitting wave gave rise to the "pussy hat

The Carpenter Shop

Anyone who works on a quilt, who devotes her time, energy, creativity, and passion to that art, learns to value the work of her hands. And as any quilter will tell you, a quilter's quilting friends are some of the dearest, most generous, and most supportive people she knows.

A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn't a mess; it's an object of art.

I like to use my hands and make things... It might seem pretty stupid or pointless but that doesn't matter... some of the most interesting work is the stuff that starts like that - out of a raw need for activity.

For every man may sin, and yet again may sin; yet still is he God's handiwork, and still God is near by His handiwork to aid him ever to a fresh endeavour to righteousness.

Personally, I like to imagine the Godhead dancing it a rhythm of its own, something even grander than a waltz, touching, tasting, smelling, seeing, and hearing, creating wonder after wonder, and when it's finished, looking upon the handiwork and saying, "This is great!

The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.

will you teach me how to knit?

It's fun to take a pile of raw materials and make something out of them. The more demanding the work, the greater the satisfaction.