Jacob Riis - I'd look at one of my stonecutter...

I'd look at one of my stonecutters hammering away at the rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet, at the hundred and first blow it would split in two, and I knew it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

Jacob Riis

Danish Journalist

Born: May 3, 1849

Died: May 26, 1914

Topics

First, Before, Gone, Hundred, Hundred Times, Would, Split, Had, Knew, Perhaps, Look, Without, Rock, Hammering, Times, Crack, Did, Blow, Much, Showing, Away, Two

Links

Cite this page: Citation

Related Authors

Ambrose Bierce, Dave Barry, Erma Bombeck, Hunter S. Thompson, Mignon McLaughlin, Walter Cronkite, William F. Buckley, Jr., William Lloyd Garrison

Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York's Other Half: A Complete Catalogue of His Photographs

on Amazon

Buy now

Quotes To Explore

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Maya Angelou

Time You First Believe Someone First Time Them Who Shows

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Nicholas Klein

You Fight Win First Laugh Then Ignore

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson

Wisdom Truth Honesty Honesty Is Book Chapter First

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. Buddha

Happiness Wisdom Health Good Family Good Health Man Peace True Happiness Discipline Mind Will First Own Control Enjoy Virtue Way Must Find He True Come Him His Naturally Bring Enlightenment