“Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity”
Father James Keller
“And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.”
Bible
“Rotten wood cannot be carved”
Chinese Proverbs
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
Michelangelo
“That would be a good thing for them to carve on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment”
Dorothy Parker
“Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Had I to carve an inscription on my tombstone I would ask for none other than "The Individual”
Soren Kierkegaard
