“I would rather be the hammer than the anvil”
“Suffer or triumph, be the hammer or the anvil.”
“Never was the victory of patience more complete than in the early church. The anvil broke the hammer by bearing all the blows that the hammer could place upon it. The patience of the saints was stronger than the cruelty of tyrants.”
“In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer...”
“You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.”
“Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.”