“Greatness is sifted through the grind, therefore don't despise the hard work now for surely it will be worth it in the end.”
“Scholars who are worth anything at all never know what is call "a hard grind" or what "bitter study" means.”
“Sift each of us through the great sieve of circumstance and you have a residue, great or small as the case may be, that is the man or the woman.”
“Work is a sacrament. Don't despise anyone's.”
“She had stayed home and worked hard and a posthumous recognition had eventually followed. Not that Buck hadn't worked hard, sure he did, but in the end the body won't hold up as a work of art.”
“The dark war consciousness and pride have seized upon the weak, with great cynicisms and glib, soulless intellects, that grind away like robotic gears at what they despise and can never understand.”