Sayings about Tools
Man is greater than the tools he invents. ~ United States Proverbs
The anvil lasts longer than the hammer. ~ Italian Proverbs
The same hammer that breaks the glass forges the steel. ~ Traditional Proverb
A bad workman blames with his tools. ~ Romanian Proverbs
A silver hammer can open an iron gate. ~ Basque Proverbs
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~ Spanish Proverbs
A bad workman never finds a good tool. ~ French Proverb
A speaker needs no tools. ~ Nepalese Proverbs
A guest hammers a nail in the wall even if he stays only one night. ~ Polish Proverbs
A wise man without a book is like a workman with no tools. ~ Moroccan Proverbs
The angry hammer works off his fury on the steel. ~ Arabian Proverb
Jade and men, both are sharpened by bitter tools. ~ Chinese Proverb
Quotations about Tools
An architect’s most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright
Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. ~ George Herbert
The people who designed the tools that make the Net run had their own ideas for the future. ~ Tim Berners-Lee
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more. ~ Washington Irving
As an actor, you have many tools – your body, your voice, your emotions, mentally. In film, you have your eyes because they communicate your thought process. ~ Hugh Jackman
The net has given everyone the tools to see and almost experience new and different ideas. ~ Graham Kerr
Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. ~ John Ruskin
Don’t force it… get a bigger hammer. ~ Arthur Bloch
You can have all the tools in the world but if you don’t genuinely believe in yourself, it’s useless. ~ Ken Jeong
A worker may be the hammer’s master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the user of the tool can only have an approximate idea. ~ Milan Kundera
The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey. ~ William Faulkner
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. ~ Confucius
I’m going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it. ~ LeBron James
A tool is but the extension of a man’s hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Man must shape his tools lest they shape him. ~ Arthur Miller
Nobody teaches you to be a father. Nobody teaches you to be a husband. Nobody teaches you how to be a star. You have to learn to work with the tools. ~ David Soul
Words are tools which automatically carve concepts out of experience. ~ Julian S. Huxley
At Facebook, we build tools to help people connect with the people they want and share what they want, and by doing this we are extending people’s capacity to build and maintain relationships. ~ Mark Zuckerberg
The Stone Age was marked by man’s clever use of crude tools; the information age, to date, has been marked by man’s crude use of clever tools. ~ Author Unknown
It’s not the tools that you have faith in – tools are just tools. They work, or they don’t work. It’s people you have faith in or not. ~ Steve Jobs
We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us. ~ Marshall McLuhan
One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so. ~ Christine Gregoire
Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
You can’t expect to meet the challenges of today with yesterday’s tools and expect to be in business tomorrow. ~ Author Unknown
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use. ~ Freeman Dyson
Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work. ~ Charles Kingsley
Men are more important than tools. If you don’t believe so, put a good tool into the hands of a poor workman. ~ John J. Bernet
Right now, with social networks and other tools on the Internet, all of these 500 million people have a way to say what they’re thinking and have their voice be heard. ~ Mark Zuckerberg
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them. ~ Steve Jobs
Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt. ~ Agnes Repplier
Young people know how to use these social networking tools, and they know how to use them effectively. ~ Edward Norton
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don’t share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise. ~ Colin Powell
If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool. ~ Colin Powell
Every man must at last accept himself for his portion, and learn to do his work with the tools and talents with which he has been endowed.~ Charles A. Hawley
Take a look at those two open hands of yours. They are tools with which to serve, make friends, and reach out for the best in life. Open hands open the way to achievement put them to work today. ~ Wilfred A. Peterson
Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work. ~ Joseph Conrad
A successful tool is used to do something undreamed of by its author. ~ Samuel Johnson
Our Age of Anxiety is, in great part, the result of trying to do today’s job with yesterday’s tools and yesterday’s concepts. ~ Marshall McLuhan
Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding. ~ Louis Gerstner
Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. ~ Thomas Carlyle
Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. Peter Drucker
Men have become the tools of their trade. ~ Henry David Thoreau
A politician divides mankind into two classes; tools and enemies. ~ Author Unknown
Action do not wait; the time will never be “just right.” Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. ~ Napoleon Hill
Give us the tools and we will finish the job. ~ Winston Churchill