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Quotes About Sharpening

Iron sharpeneth man; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
~ Bible
I cheat my boys every chance I get, I want to make 'em sharp.
~ William Avery
a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
~ George R.R. Martin
A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That is why I read so much.
~ George R.R. Martin
A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.
~ George R.R. Martin
a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge." ? George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
~ George R.R. Martin
A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.
~ Zoroaster
During the lockout year, my focus was the basics, sharpening my moves, my fundamentals.
~ Brandon Jennings
Since learning causes our brains to grow new synapses, I like to believe that the road is sharpening
~ Gloria Steinem
Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness.
~ Graeme Le Saux
We serve nature's purpose by culling the herd, and our own by sharpening our skills. We are the predatory swarm!
~ James Luceno
Growing up in a bluegrass or acoustic-oriented world, the musicians become so focused on performance, as far as playing. We tend to overanalyze the notes, so you're always trying to sharpen everything up.
~ Chris Thile
He said that most men were in their lives like the carpenter whose work went so slowly for the dullness of his tools that he had not time to sharpen them. Y
~ Cormac McCarthy
Aporrear árboles con un hacha roma no es manera de ir por la vida. Prueba durante siete días y afila tu mente.
~ Timothy Ferriss
The outbreath is like a whetstone, and the mind is like the knife or sword that is being sharpened on that stone. When you sharpen a knife, you draw the blade of the knife across the sharpening stone. Following your outbreath is like drawing the blade of mind across the breath. Then
~ Chogyam Trungpa
He runs his eye along the row of knives in their racks, the cleavers for splitting bones. He picks one up, looks at its edge, decides it needs sharpening and says, "Do you think I look like a murderer? In your good opinion?" A silence. After a while, Thurston proffers, "At this moment, master, I would have to say...
~ Hilary Mantel
Like a butcher sharpening knife on knife I sharpen heart on heart inside me.
~ Yehuda Amichai
I get vested in my guys. I want to know who their family members are, I want to know their interests, I want to know what makes them tick. I want them to also know I care about the other side of them, their personal character and growth as men, because I think we all sharpen each other that way.
~ Monty Williams
We must take time out to sharpen the ax or we'll exhaust ourselves trying to fell trees with a blunt instrument.
~ Unknown
Iron sharpeneth iron so a man sharp-eneth the countenance of his friend.
~ Bible
Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
~ 1 Samuel 13:20
The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.
~ 1 Samuel 13:21