Precious Quotes

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We must let patience have its perfect work, remembering that there are precious promises in the Scriptures for those who wait upon the Lord. — Ellen G. White
We must protect our most precious resource, our environment, for future generations. — Alma Adams
Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware. — Nhat Hanh
There’s a certain relationship which we have to have with our inner functioning. That of respect and that of wonder. When we are quiet enough… — Charlotte Selver
Long sentences, awkward constructions, and fuzzy-wuzzy words that seem to apologize for daring to venture an opinion are part of the price the law reviews… — Fred Rodell
Precious to me—it is the Dinner Bell. Oh blessed Bell! Thou bringest beef and beer... — Charles Stuart Calverley
There's a simple doctrine. Outside of a person's love the most sacred thing they can give is their labor. Labor is a very precious thing… — James Carville
Each moment of life is only as precious as is our ability to attend to it. — Guy Finley
Beauty means this to one person, perhaps, and that to the other. And yet when any one of us has seen or heard or read… — John Galsworthy
I once read in a Bible commentary that the word "Christian" means "little Christs." What an honor to share Christ's name! We can be bold… — Joni Eareckson Tada
Sacrifice does not mean the rejection of the worthless, but of the precious — Ayn Rand
A person cannot learn to be a photographer. He can only cultivate what he already has. I try to make people aware that they have… — Ruth Bernhard
A free mind is one which is untroubled and unfettered by anything, which has not bound its best part to any particular manner of being… — Meister Eckhart
All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious. — Homer
At any rate, nothing was more characteristic of him [Walter Benjamin] in the thirties than the little notebooks with black covers which he always carried… — Hannah Arendt
Every single member is so precious to me and like family to me.. I may joke around with them a lot but I can't talk… — Kim Hyo-yeon
Rather than waste precious time arguing, I went up and started serving my "sentence" without delay. It was usually about an hour for epigrams; somewhat… — Peter De Vries
... it is the work and not the reward that is precious. — Leo Tolstoy
You guys (E.L.F.) are all so precious for me. Can't be changed with other things. — Eunhyuk
Love is our only weapon. Only love can turn mere life into a miracle, and draw precious meaning from suffering and fear. — Nando Parrado
There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong. — Thomas Carlyle
Avoid such situations in which you are unnecessarily burdened with rubbish. You already have too much as it is, you need to be unburdened of… — Rajneesh
We think that diamonds are very important, gold is very important, all these minerals are very important. We call them precious minerals, but they are… — Wangari Maathai
Agreement is made more precious by disagreement. — Publilius Syrus
The poet is born with the capacity of arranging words in such a way that something of the quality of the graces and inspirations he… — Aldous Huxley

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