Quotes About Sharpens

The breath that sharpens life is life itself.

The thing about having a deadline like a baby is that it sharpens the pencil. It makes sure stuff gets done.

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

Disappointment sharpens the wit; and Renzo, who, in the straightforward path he had hitherto travelled, had not been required to subtilise much, now conceived a plan which would have done honour to a lawyer.

A touch of the jitters sharpens the mind, gets the adrenaline flowing and helps you to focus.

The breath that sharpens life is life itself.

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.

Love is of all stimulants the most powerful. It sharpens the wits like danger, and the memory like hatred; it spurs the will like ambition; it intoxicates like wine.

As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so sex with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.

I was trained within a black radical tradition that encouraged struggle within our own movements because it sharpens collective analysis - bringing us closer to the tools we need to achieve liberation.

You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.

Adversity is a severe instructor. ... He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration but the honing is uniform.

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.

Art creates a certain familiarity with loneliness. And possibly with pain. Physical, mental, it doesn't really matter. It's all a catalyst. I don't like to admit that because it's depressing, but in truth pain is the stone that art sharpens itself on time after time.

Fear for your life sharpens your edge. Dread dulls it, think of the creep instead, stopping him.

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform.

You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.