Quotes About Tempering

A knife is sharpened on stone, steel is tempered by fire, but men must be sharpened by men.

The scar, and her indifference to it, did something extraordinary for her, just as damage to some art object threw into relief how beautiful it had once been, tarnishing and tempering her face with the reminder of what humanity did to lovely things and how they bore it.

Vices are ingredients of virtues just as poisons are ingredients of remedies. Prudence mixes and tempers them and uses them effectively against life's ills.

Passion lends them power, time means to meet, tempering extremities with extremes sweet.

Initiating and going through a divorce with four kids can be a brutal experience, but also a tempering one. It gave me perspective and insight to be able to find the love of my life.

The same is true for the market economy: the power of markets is enormous, but they have no inherent moral character. We have to decide how to manage them... For all these reasons, it is plain that markets must be tamed and tempered to make sure they work to the benefit of most citizens. And that has to be done repeatedly, to ensure that they continue to do so.

Confucianism is all about tempering your instincts with intellectual discipline, with book learning.

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

Faith isn't grounded on emotions. It's grounded on the will. It's grounded in the act of taking up your cross and following the Lord wherever He leads, through good times and bad, through dark days and happy ones. We're not tested and tempered in good times, Abby." Ella released her hand and sat back in her chair. "Our true test," she said softly, "lies in the dark night of our despair.

Thus commerce, though in itself a moral nullity, has had a considerable influence in tempering the human mind....he trades with the same countries ...(that he) would have gone to war with.

Life's tempering and altering process often takes the form of adversity, and, as far as outward appearances are concerned, seems to be working against us when it is actually working for us.

Passion lends them power, time means to meet, tempering extremities with extremes sweet.

The blade must past threw the fire, else it breaks.

Adversity is the tempering of one's mettle. Without it, we cannot know any true meaning in our accomplishments.

Do you know how they make the strongest sword? They hammer it flat then hold it to the fire.