Precious Quotes

2044 Precious quotes by 1382 unique authors

Humans were so stupid. They had something so precious, and they barely safeguarded it at all. They threw away their lives for money, for packets… — Cassandra Clare
What have I got in my pocket?" he said aloud. He was talking to himself, but Gollum thought it was a riddle, and he was… — J.R.R. Tolkien
You've taught me that we're all needed, even those who sometimes think we're worthless, plain and dull. If we love and allow ourselves to be… — Dean Koontz
... in spite of being happier than I ever dreamed I could be, I'm also soberer. The fear that something may happen to you rests… — Jean Webster
Mister Dresden," he said. "And Miss Rodriguez, I believe. I didn't realize you were an art collector." "I am the foremost collector of velvet Elvii… — Jim Butcher
True virtue never appears so lovely as when it is most oppressed; and the divine excellency of real Christianity is never exhibited with such advantage… — Jonathan Edwards
I want to make you faint. I will make you faint. You've had this coming to you for years. None of the fools you've known… — Margaret Mitchell
Everyone was a rose but even more complex than a mere flower. Everyone was made up of infinitely layered petals. And everyone had something indescribably… — Mary Balogh
Always guarding one's real, precious self in a cocoon of tranquility within a thousand masks. Life itself had become a secret affair. — Mary Balogh
And he knew at that moment that love world never die, that it would never fade away altogether. The time might come when he would… — Mary Balogh
Isn't death the boundary we need? Doesn't it give a precious texture to life, a sense of definition? You have to ask yourself whether anything… — Don DeLillo
Make the most of every moment. Get excited about every little thing. Why not? Why not have your wonderful moment of excited anticipation? Why not… — Bethenny Frankel
Do you know the only value life has is what life puts upon itself? And it is of course overestimated, for it is of necessity… — Jack London
He wondered if normalcy was something, like vision or silence, you didn't realize was precious until you lost it. — Cassandra Clare
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be… — Octavia Butler
Hey, Hachi People always say that you only discover how precious something is after you lose it--- but I think, you only really recognize it...… — Ai Yazawa
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. — Nhat Hanh
life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom. — Louisa May Alcott
I know you pretty well." "Better than anyone I think." I smiled. Her compliment was like a gift itself, only more precious than anything that… — Kenneth Oppel
You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for… — Jane Austen
God’s training is for now, not presently. His purpose is for this minute, not for something in the future. we have nothing to do with… — Oswald Chambers
This place is just too frickin precious," the cop said, eyeing a guy dressed in a hot pink leisure suit with makeup to match. "Give… — J R Ward
Maybe there is no better novel in the world than Denton Welch's In Youth Is Pleasure. Just holding it in my hands, so precious, so… — John Waters
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced… — Mahatma Gandhi
You have to understand that in a person's life there are a few precious moments in which decisions, choices that you make now, will affect… — Dave Pelzer

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