A Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Exactness Exceeding God Grind Mills Patience Slowly Small Stands Though Waiting

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American - Poet
February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882

Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small.

Friedrich von Logau

The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small.

Charles A. Beard

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Charles A. Beard

All the lessons of history in four sentences: 1) Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power; 2) The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small; 3) The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; 4) When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Charles A. Beard

The mills of God grind slowly.

Lord Acton

God's mills grind slow, But they grind woe.

William Rounseville Alger

I am filled with hatred for money, for battleships, for industry, for factories, for the grind, grind, grind of the machine on all our creative instincts.

Dora Russell

The hours here are flat and round, disks of gray layered one on top of the other...they move slowly, at a grind, until it seems as though they are not moving at all. They are just pressing down.

Lauren Oliver

It takes time, it's a grind. There are no shortcuts. You've got to grind and grind.

Mark Cuban

I had to realize that you can't try to get money, support yourself, and grind doing whatchu need to do at the same time. The music is the grind. You really gotta grind. You gotta find your way around. You can't be stuck tryna get there.

A Boogie wit da Hoodie

Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give.

Big Sean

You've gotta learn to love the grind. Because life IS the grind.

John Calipari

Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history have been the quiet positional players. They slowly grind you down by taking away your space, tying up your pieces, and leaving you with virtually nothing to do!

Yasser Seirawan

I used to grind. I be telling people, you don't grind, you don't sell. I was like 15, 16 getting dropped off in the city by myself, with my own beat CDs.