Quotes of Hone - somelinesforyou

“ Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth. ”

- Peter Ustinov

“ A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living. ”

- Chuck Swindoll

“ A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by the way - when you get it, we don't know it. ”

- Carl Reiner

“ If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy. ”

- Don Knuth

“ Nothing sharpens sight like envy. ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ A grindstone that had not grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax? And affairs that had not grit in them, how long would they take to make a man? ”

- Henry Ward Beecher

“ Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar. ”

- Talmud

“ We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. ”

- King Solomon

“ All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government. ”

- Ellen Goodman
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