“You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.”
“Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.”
“You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless.”
“My kinfolks thought more about character than about culture. They said culture could be acquired but character had to be formed. Character had to be hammered into shape like hot iron on an anvil. It had to be molded in the most exact and unrelenting form.”
“When you initially forgive, it is like letting go of a hot iron. There is initial pain and the scars will show, but you can start living again.”
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”