Precious Things Quotes

100 Precious Things quotes by 83 unique authors

Art is never the voice of a country, it is an even more precious thing, the voice of the individual, doing its best to speak,… — Eudora Welty
To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world. — Anthony Burgess
I feel ashamed now that I tried to take my life. It is such a precious thing. I had no one to talk me out… — Mitch Albom
Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless… — W. Somerset Maugham
He returns years later, has no demands. He wants only one, most precious thing: To see, purely and simply, without name, Without expectations, fears, or… — Czeslaw Milosz
They tell us that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,but I don't believe that." he said. Then, a moment later, he… — Haruki Murakami
All great and precious things are lonely. — John Steinbeck
Even though human life may be the most precious thing on earth, we always behave as if there were something of higher value than human… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out… — Eckhart Tolle
There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious… — Boyd K. Packer
Loving someone and having them love you back is the most precious thing in the world. — Nicholas Sparks
Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first… — Louisa May Alcott
To the Maker the archetype, the self-sustainer, human interaction is usually a waste of the most precious thing in his vital existance: time. — Anton Szandor LaVey
It is almost impossible to describe happiness, because at the time it feels entirely natural, as if all the rest of your life has been… — Margaret George
Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished… — Mitch Albom
To live only to suffer—only to feel the injury of life repeated and enlarged—it seemed to her she was too valuable, too capable, for that.… — Henry James
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
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
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
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
Friendship is a precious thing, Sayuri. One mustn't throw it away. — Arthur Golden
I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought… — George MacDonald
Loving someone and having them love you back is the most precious thing in the world. It's what made it possible for me to go… — Nicholas Sparks
There are only two precious things on earth: the first is love; the second, a long way behind it, is intelligence. — Ed Greenwood
Love - true love - is a precious thing. It is painful, uncomfortable, makes fools of us all, but it is what breathes meaning and… — Kate Mosse

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