Hard Strike

Famous quotes containing the words hard and/or strike:

    “The scholar requires hard and serious labor to give an impetus to his thought. He will learn to grasp the pen firmly so, and wield it gracefully and effectively, as an axe or a sword.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Submission is the only good;
    Let me become an instrument sharply stringed
    For all things to strike music as they please.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)