Gem Quotes

92 quotes by 88 authors

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless. — Saadi
The chief character in this narrative is the Caribbean Sea, one of the world's most alluring bodies of water, a rare gem among the oceans,… — James A. Michener
The dew-bead Gem of earth and sky begotten. — George Eliot
Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray. — Abraham Cowley
Laughter lifts us over high ridges and lights up dark valleys in a way that makes life so much easier. It is a priceless gem,… — Alan Cohen
Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear. — Thomas Gray
It's so unique. Wilson Park is just such a gem. It's in a convenient location. — David Wright
I long to put the experience of fifty years at once into your young lives, to give you at once the key of that treasure… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
Great virtues may draw attention from defects, they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a diamond surrounded by… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The blue and bright-eyed floweret of the brook, Hope's gentle gem, the sweet Forget-me-not. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that… — George MacDonald
To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life. — Walter Pater
Our country is the best country in the world. We are swimming in prosperity and our President is the best president in the world. We… — John Cheever
Here and there one sees the blush of wild rose haws or the warmth of orange fruit on the bittersweet, and back in the woods… — Hal Borland
The mere stuffing of the mind with a knowledge of facts is not education. The mind must not only possess a knowledge of the truth,… — Joseph Fielding Smith
A gentle breeze catches in the branches then and I hear it, soft and low, a murmured prayer--Gem-ma, Gem-ma--and then the leaves bend down and… — Libba Bray
Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its… — Freya Stark
I like that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing--that words can be… — Markus Zusak
Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And… — Thomas Gray
Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor. — Noah Webster

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