Saturday, February 12, 2011

Quote of the Day

Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.  Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.  
-Jacob A. Riis

23 comments:

  1. this has meaning to so many things

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  2. Deep stuff man! Keep up the blogging!

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  3. Oh man, this is an awesome quote. Adding to FB quotes... xD

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  4. Hope you post some george carlin quotes.

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  5. That means I should keep trying, even if I can't see any changes. I'll do that.
    Never give up, never surrender.

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  6. I had a really shitty day... This quote made me look back on it, and reflect that I may have made a wrong move.

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  7. Very nice quote, keep them coming :)

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  8. Great quote. Might just put this as my FB status update.

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  9. Nice. Though sometimes it's as though it's the thousandth and first that cracks it. Looking forward to more such quotes

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  10. I've read about him in the past. A social reformer from Denmark I believe? Great quote.

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  11. So true. Stay disciplined everybody, and your goals will come to fruition.

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  12. Changes only show when you have put enough work into it, so don't ragequit if you don't see results right away.

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  13. Damn, that's a really eloquent way to talk about persistence...

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