(142 quotes found)
“Pressure makes diamonds.”
General George S. Patton
“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.”
Chinese Proverbs
“No pressure, no diamonds.”
Thomas Carlyle
“A diamond is a chunk of coal that is made good under pressure.”
Henry Kissinger
“Some days are diamonds Some days are stones Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone Sometimes the cold wind blows a chill in my soul Some days are diamonds, some days are stone”
Neil Diamond
“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear”
Daniel Defoe
“My crown is in my heart, not in my head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen; my crown is called contentment; A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy”
William Shakespeare
“Perhaps Time's Definition of Coal is the Diamond.”
Kahlil Gibran
“I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back”
Zsa Zsa Gabor
“I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.”
Emma Goldman
