Jade Quotes
79 quotes by 36 authors
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It's possible to have too much in life. Too many clothes jade our appreciation of new ones; too much money can out us out of…
— Joan D. Chittister
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There's a treasury full of jade and jewels; It is in you. Don't go searching far from home for it-it's here.
— Gautama Buddha
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He that comes to Christ cannot, it is true, always get on as fast as he would. Poor coming soul, thou art like the man…
— John Bunyan
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Why ponder thus the future to foresee, and jade thy brain to vain perplexity? Cast off thy care, leave Allah’s plans to him – He…
— Omar Khayyam
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Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone.
— Laozi
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The sage wears coarse clothes, concealing jade.
— Laozi
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Keeping plenty of gold and jade in the palace makes no one able to defend it.
— Laozi
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When the emperor is crowned or the three dukes are appointed, rather than sending a gift of jade carried by four horses, remain still and…
— Laozi
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An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.
— Confucius
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Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and…
— Laozi
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Kunlun Mountain Over the earth the greenblue monster Kunlun who has seen all spring color and passion of men. Three million dragons of white jade…
— Mao Zedong
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This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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'I shall have heaven and earth for my coffin and its shell; the sun and moon for my two round symbols of jade, the stars…
— Zhuangzi
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Now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window,…
— Oscar Wilde
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I remember when you were born, it was dawn and the storm settled near my belly. And I rolled in the grass and spit out…
— Patti Smith
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Ever note, Lucilius, When love begins to sicken and decay It useth an enforced ceremony. There are no tricks in plain and simple faith; But…
— William Shakespeare
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Music has always helped my films. In 'The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion,' you can hear 'Sunrise' by Glenn Miller, an idol of my childhood,…
— Woody Allen
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A verbose, prosaic review which mentions whistling winds and the timeless feeling of jade doesn't mean anything to me; I don't need a novella telling…
— David Cross
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Every time I think I have something under control, it changes and I don't have it under control. I think it takes several years to…
— Giada De Laurentiis
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He's of the colour of the nutmeg. And of the heat of the ginger.... he is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of…
— William Shakespeare
Who Wrote These Jade Quotes
36 authors contributed a total of 79 Jade Quotes, led by these top contributors: