Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Quotes about sharpening (15 Quotes)
By sharpening our focus on these three lines of business, we can better understand and serve our customers. These appointments help us become an even more customer-focused organization.
The first bowl sleekly moistened throat and lips, The second banished all my loneliness The third expelled the dullness from my mind, Sharpening inspiration gained from all the books I've read. The fourth brought forth light perspiration, Dispersing a lifetime's troubles through my pores.
By spinning off (those) businesses, we are sharpening Lucent's focus and creating another leading company to serve business customers. The newly created enterprise company will rank No. 1 or 2 in nearly every market in which it competes.
The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club?
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness.
A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out what a novel is about, and the job becomes one of understanding and deepening or sharpening what is already written. That is finding the theme.
By sharpening our focus on hotel openings, we will add a tremendous amount of value to the organization. This will allow us to speed up the opening process, so that our franchisees can begin to generate revenue even sooner, while simultaneously improving the consistency of the product and providing more franchise assistance along the way. Aaron was a natural choice to lead this group, and take an expanded role in the company. His track record for operational improvement and experience with business process reengineering make him a great fit for the new role.
The People's Liberation Army should play the role of shock troops, overcoming fatigue and sharpening vigilance to make new contributions,
I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
It's really exciting to have a conference like this in the western part of the state. We've got VC leaders from as far away as the west coast and entrepreneurs from around the Southeast lined up to participate. Whether you're interested in just sharpening your business and selling skills, or looking for serious capital, this conference is for you.
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax.
We are pleased to work with Continental to transition our automotive business to an industry leader focused on bringing innovative solutions to automotive customers worldwide. Motorola is proud of the performance and leadership of our automotive electronics employees who will become a valuable addition to Continental. This transaction positions Motorola for continued success by further sharpening our strategic focus on communications solutions that advance our vision of Seamless Mobility.
As diamond cuts diamond, and one hone smoothes a second, all the parts of intellect are whetstones to each other and genius, which is but the result of their mutual sharpening, is character, too.