Precious Quotes

2044 Precious quotes by 1382 unique authors

In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there will… — Frederick Buechner
There is still time to act and avoid a worsening climate, but we are wasting precious time, — James Hansen
Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things/ And the only words that are worth remembering. — Townes Van Zandt
You're going to end up with a government in Egypt that is concerned about the precious Palestinians, the same way we ought to be concerned… — Cornel West
Time is infinitely more precious than money, and there is nothing common between them. You cannot accumulate time; you cannot borrow time; you can never… — Unknown Author
Every time we give our word, it counts. For the most part, most people give it entirely too often. Our word is a precious commodity… — Peter McWilliams
Respect people who trust you. It takes a lot for people to trust you, so treat their trust like precious porcelain. — Brandon Cox
The face of the sun is not without expression, but it tells us precious little of what is in its heart. — Unknown Author
Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection-that is the last and most precious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement. — Mark Twain
Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts. None of us knows what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought-proof against all adversity. Bright fancies, satisfied… — John Ruskin
The skin of a python is no less precious to the snake than fur is to the fox. — Maneka Gandhi
The geographical movement of money and commodities as capital is not the same as the movements of products and of precious metals. Capital is, after… — David Harvey
As long as you live, it is never too late to make amends. Take my advice, child. Don't waste your precious life with regrets and… — Karen Hesse
Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and… — Yanni
People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a great treasure, affording us precious… — Youssou N'Dour
The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips. — Bill Crawford
It's a precious thing to be communicating to children, helping them discover the gift of language and thought. — Richard Scarry
There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of… — Haile Selassie
If precious metals had been abundant, they would not have been precious. — Henry Hazlitt
In practice [monetary management] is merely a high-sounding euphemism for continuous currency debasement. It consists of constant lying in order to support constant swindling. Instead… — Henry Hazlitt
The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one... — Lawrence Block
The Old Ones knew that life is not rare, but precious; not fragile, but vulnerable. Life is as deep as the seas in which it… — Ben Bova
Voluptuous and enveloping like layers of precious fabrics — Elie Saab
The Sentence has no end. Sometimes I think it had no beginning. Now I salute its authors, which means all of us. You have made… — Douglas Davis
Whether we are poets or parents or teachers or artists or gardeners, we must start where we are and use what we have. In the… — Luci Shaw

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