I would rather be
I would rather be the hammer than the anvil Erwin Rommel
Quotes for All
I would rather be the hammer than the anvil Erwin Rommel
It is better to be the hammer than the anvil. Emily Dickinson
One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines. Emile Zola
Tell people the hammered truth, and it will ring like steel against an anvil. Elizabeth Haydon
For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear – when you are the hammer, strike. Edwin Markham
I dislike being an anvil for the hammering out of other people’s virtues. Freya Stark
I had lost too much of the heart and all the faith needed to stay afloat in a job where every human encounter felt like an anvil strung around my neck just when I thought I was nearing the shore. Dinaw Mengestu
We are not taught that hardship is the anvil upon which we are beaten into beauty. We are not taught that some of our greatest moments are some of our most difficult. Daniel Gillies
Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil. Claude Adrien Helvetius
Never was the victory of patience more complete than in the early church. The anvil broke the hammer by bearing all the blows that the hammer could place upon it. The patience of the saints was stronger than the cruelty of tyrants. Charles Spurgeon