Pearls Quotes

394 quotes by 325 authors

Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the world's future. — Joe Baca
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. — Honore de Balzac
For memory, we use our imagination. We take a few strands of real time and carry them with us, then like an oyster we create… — John Banville
Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore… — Joseph Addison
Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no! — John Belushi
Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world. — Jean de la Bruyere
For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine. — Samuel Butler
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States would enter, in a formal way, what had been up to that date… — John Henrik Clarke
The crisis of our diminishing water resources is just as severe (if less obviously immediate) as any wartime crisis we have ever faced. Our survival… — Jim Wright
There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation's most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us always to remember… — Glen Campbell
There are many beautiful things in the world around us, but pearls can only be discovered in the depths of the sea; if we wish… — Sadhu Sundar Singh
She's the coolest person in the world...I don't date what the person does...You know what I mean? I could have been a zitty teenager and… — Adam Levine
Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for… — Louisa May Alcott
A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most… — William Cowper
Age before beauty, and pearls before swine. — Dorothy Parker
There is some kiss we want with your whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell.… — Rumi
God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He's working on you, too. — Rick Warren
I would hope that we would not lose the real objective of our cherished opportunities to serve. That objective, that eternal goal, is the same… — Thomas S. Monson
A SEEING eye is better than three hundred blind men's: The eye can distinguish pearls from pebbles. — Rumi
Those who dive in the sea of affliction bring up rare pearls. — Charles Spurgeon

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