Edwin Markham

For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.

American Poet

Aeschylus

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

Greek Poet

Charles R. Swindoll

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.

American Clergyman

Thomas Malory

Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.

English Author

Henry Ward Beecher

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

Hubert H. Humphrey

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

American Politician

Angie Harmon

I keep waiting, like in the cartoons, for an anvil to drop on my head.

American Model

Emile Zola

One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.

French Novelist

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

Emily Dickinson

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Primarily associated with blacksmithing, 'anvil' indicates a tool used for metalworking.

Blacksmithing Tool

'Anvil' can symbolize strength and endurance, often used metaphorically.

Symbol of Strength

An anvil is a traditional tool, evoking historical craftsmanship.

Historical Craft

In medical context, 'anvil' is not a tool but part of the ear's anatomy.

Anatomy Term

'Anvil' in medicine refers specifically to the incus, a small bone in the ear.

Medical Specificity

Metaphorically, 'anvil' represents a situation with intense pressure.

Metaphorical Pressure

Used metaphorically to describe experiences that shape or test a person.

Formative Experience

In literature, an anvil can symbolize the shaping of fate or destiny.

Literary Symbolism

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 the anvil is almost always the root of a tree

Anvil

A heavy block of iron or steel on which metal can be hammered and shaped.