Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.
– Thomas L. Holdcroft
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- Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. – Thomas Carlyle
- Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. – Thomas Carlyle
- Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. – Thomas Carlyle
- What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books. – Thomas Carlyle
- Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it. – Tom Lehrer
- Life is like a piano what you get out of it depends on how you play it. – Anonymous
- The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it. – Elbert Hubbard
- The quality of life depends on the power of love. – Debasish Mridha
- Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all. – Friedrich
- Your success in life depends on you more than any other external factors. – Lailah Gifty Akita