“When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.”
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Riis, J. (n.d.). When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/32361-when-nothing-seems-to-help-i-go-look/
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Riis, Jacob. “When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/32361-when-nothing-seems-to-help-i-go-look/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Riis, Jacob. “When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/32361-when-nothing-seems-to-help-i-go-look/.