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Stones Quotes - Page 28

A gentleman is not born but crafted. He had to work on himself in the same way as a sculptor shaped a rough stone and made it a thing of beauty.

Karen Armstrong (2011). “The Great Transformation: The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah”, p.202, Atlantic Books Ltd

The smoothest way is sometimes full of stones.

Julie Orringer (2007). “How to Breathe Underwater”, p.97, Vintage

Congress, the legislative stone in America's urethra.

"Jon Stewart Jabs Obama’s Guantanamo Failure", May 2, 2013.

If you can draw the stone rightly, everything within reach of art is also within yours.

John Ruskin (1859). “The Elements of Drawing: In Three Letters to Beginners”, p.46

Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones.

John Milton (1854). “The Poetical Works of John Milton. [With Plates, Including a Portrait.]”, p.574

Success is a continuing thing. It is growth and development. It is achieving one thing and using that as a stepping stone to achieve something else.

John C. Maxwell (2007). “Leadership Principles for Graduates: Create Success in Life One Day at a Time”, p.91, Thomas Nelson Inc