#sharpen

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. ↗

Let the master praise him, and say, "Here ye do well." For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. ↗

— Roger Ascham

#encourage #good #here #him #i

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#bowl #brim #fill #keep #knife

The theater, for me, has always been a place where I'm free to be more creative, a place to sharpen my tools. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#been #creative #free #i #me

The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes. ↗

— Bill Alexander

#anger #being #brigade #even #fought

Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost. ↗

— Kevin Patterson

#lost #otherwise #pleasures #sharpens #small

Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar. ↗

— William Drummond

#scholar #sharpens

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. ↗

— King Solomon

#friend #iron #sharpens

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