Precious Quotes

To misstate, or even merely understate, the relation of the universities to beauty is one kind of error that can be made. A university is among the precious things that can be destroyed.

The sage seeks freedom from desire. He does not collect precious things. He learns not to hold on to ideas. He brings men back to what they have lost.

Genius, like gold and precious stones, is chiefly prized because of its rarity.

We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.

Life is more fragile and precious than I can comprehend, but believe me, I'm trying.

Does love always form, like a pearl, around the hardened bits of life?

Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed.

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.

Genius and sunshine have this in common that they are the two most precious gifts of heaven to earth, and are dispensed equally to the just and the unjust.

To the Maker the archetype, the self-sustainer, human interaction is usually a waste of the most precious thing in his vital existance: time.

Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light.

I ain't saying you treated me unkind you could've done better, but I don't mind. You just kinda wasted my precious time. But don't think twice, it's alright.

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!

When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.

The most precious love is often the kind that isn't returned, and that is given freely.

I have taken so many wrong turns and been so careless with precious things and managed to lose, or break, or leave out in the rain so much that I loved.

Follow your heart, Ithilnin," Albirich repeated. "Time is precious. Don't waste it living someone else's life.

I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention.

He who enjoys a good neighbor, said the Greeks, has a precious possession. Same goes for neighbour's wife.

Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This is a precious gift.

We need to appreciate how precious life is.

These precious things, let them bleed.

A word in season is most precious.

There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things.

People who say life is precious don't spend much time on line at the airport.

You think if you work hard enough, you can fix the precious things you've broken - rather than being careful with them in the first place.

We are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.

My earliest memories of my father are of seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy. I did not know it then, but that was one of the most precious gifts a father can give his child.

For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make; We bring our precious gifts to them, Even for the dear child Jesus' sake.

This precious life is our opportunity. We are not the millions and millions of other things that are not human.

Liberty is one of the imagination's most precious possessions.

There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing.

We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their very lives.

Courage is generosity of the highest order, for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things.

Comedians are a much rarer and far more valuable commodity than all the gold and precious stones in the world.

If precious metals had been abundant, they would not have been precious.

B2uties are the most precious thing to me in this world.

Think of your mother and smile for all of the good precious moments.

For Christians, faith is a precious good, the most valuable personal and social resource. When it is left untapped, the common good suffers - not just the particular interests of Christians.

Use your lives wisely, my friends, and conserve these precious freedoms for future generations.

Another day in paradise' was his inevitable pronouncement when he settled his head on his pillow. Now I understand what that meant: the uneventful day was a precious gift.

We are the sum total of our memories. Memories are the most precious things we have. Good or bad. That's what make us who we are. What would we be without them?

All precious things, discover'd late, To those that seek them issue forth, For love in sequel works with fate, And draws the veil from hidden worth.

Precious things lost are transmutable. They refuse oblivion. They simply wait to be rendered into testimonies, into stories and songs.

Bridget cried for the leavers and the left. For the people, like herself, grimly forsaking what precious gifts they would ever get.

I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.

Images of resentment and revenge only have us spending the precious moments of our lives imagining the 'other' as both dangerous and important!

Ages are mere reminders of the hours logged on this earth and the precious time remaining.

The most outrageous shoe that I had to do was a shoe where the person gave me stones - precious stones - and say that I could do anything with precious stones.

It is very wrong for people to feel deeply sad when they lose some money, yet when they waste the precious moments of their lives they do not have the slightest feeling of repentance.