Precious Quotes

2044 Precious quotes by 1382 unique authors

He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust. — Emily Dickinson
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time. — Benjamin Disraeli
But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the… — Elizabeth Edwards
In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945. — Queen Elizabeth II
Touch was important. The evening of the Third of July we would go around the neighborhood and look at the fireworks others had bought, taking… — Paul Engle
We didn't used to be so precious about women in comedy back in the old days. — Paul Feig
My weekends are extremely precious. — Mariska Hargitay
The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others. — Homer
The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a… — Aldous Huxley
Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a… — Eugene Ionesco
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping… — Washington Irving
Once humans traded their hunter-gatherer existences for more settled communities, we began a quest to make our lives better and more comfortable, but we've also… — Naveen Jain
When I finally had the chance to make my childhood dream a reality - as a co-founder and chairman of Moon Express - my goal… — Naveen Jain
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of… — Thomas Jefferson
Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl. — Tahar Ben Jelloun
Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. — Steve Jobs
My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious. — Helen Keller
Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life. I mean, what good is a life without liberty? Huh?… — Jack Kevorkian
The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or they… — Barbara Kingsolver
A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected. — Hans Kung
Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side speak without demonizing… — Madeleine M. Kunin
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it… — Anne Lamott

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