Quotes About Precious

Jefferson believed full citizenship was a privilege to be earned by each man, that it was not something given lightly nor to be taken lightly. A man couldn't vote simply because he was a man, in Jefferson's eyes. He had to be a responsible man. A vote was, to Jefferson, a precious privilege a man attained for himself in a—a live-and-let-live economy.

Laughter can be more satisfying than honor; more precious than money; more heart-cleansing than prayer.

Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's part of what it means to be alive.

Let's say you are an empty vessel. So what? What's wrong with that?" Eri said. "You're still a wonderful, attractive vessel. And really, does anybody know who they are? So why not be a completely beautiful vessel? The kind people feel good about, the kind people want to entrust with precious belongings.

The pillow smells like the sunlight, a precious smell.

Of course, winning is much better than losing. No argument there. But winning or losing doesn't affect the weight and value of the time. It's the same time, either way. A minute is a minute, an hour is an hour. We need to cherish it. We need to deftly reconcile ourselves with time, and leave behind as many precious memories as we can—that's what's the most valuable.

Everyone of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it - there's a little room where we store those memories.

It was hard to accept that she had almost no feelings, maybe none at all, for me as a man. This hurt so bad at times it felt like someone was gouging out my guts with a knife. Still, the time I spent with her was more precious than anything.

We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. Like a small flame. A careful, fortunate few cherish that flame, nurture it, hold it as a torch to light their way. But once that flame goes out, it's gone forever. What I'd lost was not just Sumire. I'd lost that precious flame.

Basically, I think I just want them to know that the world is deep and filled with variety. That there are infinite possibilities in the world they live in and that they are a part of this world. Perhaps it's enough just to say that the world is rich and precious and that they hold it in their hands. I honestly made this film just wanting to tell these young girls, "Don't worry, you can make it all right.

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

As my college days draw to a close, I find myself looking forward with beating heart and bright anticipations to what the future holds of activity for me. My share in the work of the world may be limited; but the fact that it is work makes it precious. Nay, the desire and will to work is optimism itself.

I was honored to have served in the Army for my country. I was at Anzio during WWII, and it makes you realize how very precious life is.

Trust and integrity are precious resources, easily squandered, hard to regain. They can thrive only on a foundation of respect for veracity.

A ipak, trebao mi je ?itav život da shvatim kako svi ljudi nisu jednaki i kako ?ine samo ono što mogu, da daju samo koliko imaju - i da je to dragocjeno.

So one moment you have lost something precious, and then, in the very next moment, you find your mind is resting in a deep state of peace.

recall a chunk of amber in my family's cache of precious stones and gems. My skin looks like that now. Baltic amber trapped in sunlight.

Don't hold yourselves cheap, seeing that the creator of all things and of you estimates your value so high, so dear, that he pours out for you every day the most precious blood of his only-begotten Son.

I never read to kill time. Killing time is like killing someone's wife or a child. There is nothing more precious for me than time.

Como en el siglo dieciocho lo francés, los atributos árabe, persa, indostánico, se identificaban en la Edad Media con los conceptos de exuberante, refinado, distinguido, cortesano, costoso y precioso.

L'unicità diventa ogni giorno più preziosa in questo nostro mondo che irrimediabilmente va facendosi sempre più uniforme.

But loss is a precious stone to me, a nectar Distilled in time, preaching the truth of winter To the fallen heart that does not cease to fall.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.