Blacksmith Quotes

“ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“As a blacksmith uses heat to temper steel, so should a trial by fire strengthen one’s mettle.”
― Jeffrey Fry

“A blacksmith can go anywhere. A detective inspector only goes where the dead bodies are.”
“But there aren’t any dead people here today.”
Mina glanced over her shoulder at the chest Newberry carried. “That’s why I brought my own.”
― Meljean Brook, The Iron Duke

“As a blacksmith to a blade, nightmares are capable of hammering the dullness of the mind until it is sharp enough to cut any terror when awake.”
― H.S. Crow

“life is like a blacksmith, it beats you down until you are tempered and sharp enough to slice through any opposition.”
― H.S. Crow

“Beside the other two Wayland appeared clumsy, his shoulders almost too broad for the rest of his body, while he moved as clumsily as a bear too, tripping over things, knocking them down; except only when he was at work - and then his clumsiness like a bear’s was also elegance; then each of his movements meshed in with the next, each of his muscles co-ordinated, the whole of him was focused to one end, like a sword towards the man it is killing. That end was perfection”
― Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Faber Book of Northern Folk-Tales

“All the stories are real," he muttered.
"So it seems, lad," the blacksmith said. "So it seems."
Rand only half heard. He was concentrating on following Egwene's slender shape. He had pulled himself together just enough to wish she would hurry, though in truth she was keeping her pace to what the two men could manage with their burden.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

“The best way you can get what you want in life is by helping others get what they want in life...”
― Harley Bloom