Luster Quotes

45 quotes by 36 authors

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. — Lord Chesterfield
It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is… — Lord Byron
I find nothing in fables more astonishing than my experience in every hour. One moment of a man's life is a fact so stupendous as… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no luster as you turn it in your hand, until you come to a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts. — Ellen G. White
Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster: and… — Lord Chesterfield
When you're a kid, nine times out of 10, everthing is pure depending on how you grow up. Everything is new as a kid, so… — Corey Taylor
Old & New put their stamp to everything in Nature. The snowflake that is now falling is marked by both. The present moment gives the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It warms the blood, adds luster to the eyes, and wine and love have ever been allies. — Ovid
There comes a time, thief, when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and… — Max von Sydow
The greatest mission of woman is to give life, earth-life, through honorable marriage, to the waiting spirits, our Father's spirit children who anxiously desire to… — Melvin J. Ballard
Novelty is to love like bloom to fruit; it gives a luster which is easily effaced, but never returns. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Gold, for the instant, lost its luster in his eyes, for there were countless treasures of the heart which it could never purchase — Charles Dickens
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Addressing the Columbia crew after winning the intercollegiate regatta: I congratulate you most heartily upon the splendid victory you have won, and the luster you… — Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
Our word choices give a sentence its luster, and they deserve intense attention. — Constance Hale
There is a harmony In autumn, and a luster in its sky... — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty. The widow who… — Saint John Chrysostom
I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster. — Sathya Sai Baba

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