Sharpening Axe Quotes & Sayings

Obama has been well-received on the world stage, but that doesn't help him operate domestically. — Carl Forti

Nothing I did where the only reason for doing it was the money was ever worth it, except as bitter experience. — Neil Gaiman

Fostering the leadership necessary for transformational outcomes in education is hard work, and in countries around the world, there is a constant search for easier solutions. — Wendy Kopp

If you ask me to cut down a tree I'll spend the first four hours sharpening the axe. — Abraham Lincoln

Well, talking about Ethiopia is like talking about the whole continent. A month ago we played against AIDS and famine. We also played in Dakar. It is not only the music which is playing an important role on this issue of problems affecting Africa, but the activities of doctors, sportsmen and journalists are also helping in various ways. — Manu Dibango

Her father said there was no shame in being afraid, only in showing your fear. "All men live with fear," he said. — George R R Martin

The first thing she did after she found out she was sick was to send me to live with my older female cousin in the city. I was in middle school at the time. For my mother, sending me away was her way of loving me. She said I was too young to be tied down to a sick mother and that I had too much to live for. Everybody has to say goodbye eventually, she told me, so you may as well start practicing. I cannot say she was right. I think that if we all have to say goodbye eventually then the best we can do is try to stay together as long as we possibly can. But it's not that one of us was right and the other was wrong. We just saw things differently. — Kyung-Sook Shin

On the other side of the curtain, children were squabbling, a baby was crying, and there was the smell of rat-and-cabbage casserole. Someone was sharpening an axe. And someone else was snoring. For a dwarf in Ankh-Morpork, solitude was something that you had to cultivate on the inside. Books — Terry Pratchett

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. — Abraham Lincoln

I'm not a quick study, so I'm always struggling for my words right up until. — Sam Elliott

But not enough about the extraordinary day-to-day lives the wives experienced behind the scenes. — Lily Koppel

What are the children of men, but as leaves that drop at the wind's breath? — Homer

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half. — Jeff Cooper

I'd never lie to you, though," Raquel said, then laughed. "I'm kidding! Of course I would. I lie to everyone. Honest! — Jen Meyers

I trust that the president will try, just give it one more shot, some revolutionary way of not doing this, of bringing all those kids back home safely. — F. Murray Abraham

Things like dating, family, and friends are just so valuable to me and I didn't want to put any strain on any of those relationships and you can see how the cameras around people can make people a little bit loopy. I didn't want to bring that into my life. — Whitney Port