Precious Quotes

2044 Precious quotes by 1382 unique authors

A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Ultimately, we are all products of the experiences we have and the decisions we make as children, and it remains a peculiar detail of human… — Simon Pegg
Resentment is the most precious flower of poverty. — Carson McCullers
The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being… — Louisa May Alcott
We gather our arms full of guilt as though it were precious stuff. It must be that we want it that way. — John Steinbeck
It's a great lesson about not being too precious about your writing. You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your… — Tina Fey
Life was precious. Life was fragile. Here one moment, gone the next. Every second should be milked for all it's worth because you never know… — Sandra Brown
You're very lucky... Friends are precious, powerful things - hard to earn, harder still to keep. You should thank this one for taking a chance… — N.K. Jemisin
Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it. — Arthur Miller
If you're an atheist, you know, you believe, this is the only life you're going to get. It's a precious life. It's a beautiful life.… — Richard Dawkins
The more precious His gift, the more anxious God for its return. — Seth Grahame-Smith
Marry me. Nay, marriage will cost us precious moments together. Let us make sweet, passionate love right here. Let me bear your children.” A primal… — Kiersten White
Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage… — Marilynne Robinson
It would only lead to disappointment, even heartbreak, and her heart was too precious for me to let that happen. — Lisa Kleypas
I learnt too late that what is most important to us is always most precious at the moment it occurs, and it is precious in… — Luke Davies
As we talked, I had the sense of uncovering something precious and long-buried, fully formed. Our conversation was a process of removing layers, some of… — Lisa Kleypas
Beauty is precious, you see, and the more beautiful something is, the more precious it is; and the more precious it is the more it… — Louis de Bernieres
Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it is expressed in words, a… — Hermann Hesse
He laughed, and it raised goose-bumps on my arms. "Oh,ma petite ,ma petite , you are precious." Just what I wanted to hear. "So how… — Laurell K. Hamilton
The fundamental mistake I had always made - and that she had, in fairness, always led me to make - was this: Margo was not… — John Green
A precious, mouldering pleasure 't is To meet an antique book In just the dress his century wore; A privilege, I think, His venerable hand… — Emily Dickinson
There are three things that grow more precious with age; old wood to burn, old books to read, and old friends to enjoy. — Henry Ford
I just sat there. I just held Shelby's hand. There was no noise, no tremble, just peace. Oh god. I realize as a woman how… — Robert Harling
No one was ever good enough for anybody's precious sons. No one ever called daughters precious, and why was that? Things had not changed very… — Melissa de la Cruz
Time did not mean anything to those who had too much of it, but it was even more precious once it was limited. — Melissa de la Cruz

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