Quotes About Precious

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine

Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether contemplating when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious

A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think?

I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés.

When you find yourself with the Beloved, embracing for one breath, in that moment you will find your true destiny. Alas, don't spoil this precious moment. Moments like this are very, very rare.

I like to say time is a luxury.

In the end, no matter how beautiful or precious, what object had any value in comparison to life?

and how precious was life that two such friends, in so big world, should find each other again after so great separation?

I was behind in school, there were papers to write and exams were coming up but still I was young; the grass was green and the air was heavy with the sound of bees and I had just come back from the brink of Death itself, back to the sun and air. Now I was free; and my life, which I had thought was lost, stretched out indescribably precious and sweet before me.

i had just come back from the brink of Death itself, back to the sun and air. Now I was free; and my life, which I had thougt was lost, stretched out indescribably precious and sweet before me.

I know of a world that is sunk in shame, Where hearts oft faint and tire; But I know of a Name, a precious Name, That can set that world on fire: Its sound is sweet, its letters flame. I know of a Name, a precious Name, 'Tis Jesus.

the second hand sweeping clockwise as a constant reminder that once those precious moments were gone, there was no getting them back.

To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.

Living creatures, if nothing else, have the right to life. It is their only truly precious possession, and the stealing of life is a wicked theft

There's one thing I do want. I want to be aware of the minutes and the seconds, and to make each one count . . . You realize that time is the most precious thing. Because time is life. It's the only thing you can never get back.

La preeminencia de la Nueva España sobre la vieja España, en el sector clave de la riqueza en metales preciosos, en el siglo XVIII, asociada a la certidumbre carismática fundada sobre una nueva epifanía (la "encarnación" de la Virgen María en el Tepeyac), hicieron posible que el mexicano escapara de la mancha original de ser un "cristiano hecho a punta de lanza" y un "bárbaro" a los ojos del europeo "civilizado".

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 its absolute immediacy and not as some vague confirmation of future directions; since the only certain fact, aside from death, is the flimsiness of everything.

Your time is precious so this book is short and to the point.

La memoria. Sacca piena di cianfrusaglie che rotolano fuori per caso e finiscono col meravigliarti, come se non fossi stato tu a raccoglierle, a trasformarle in oggetti preziosi.

Once she was gone, every memory was suddenly precious, even the bad ones, even the times I was irritated with her, or she was irritated with me. Then it seemed a luxury to be irritated.

Pessimism is carefully cultivated in some intellectual circles, as if it were a precious plant that the human race could not afford to lose.

A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations

Life is very precious to God. That's why He made it so fragile and so short." "That make absolutely no sense." "Yes, it does. He made it fragile so we would treasure it, just like He does. You're not nearly as careful with your cast-iron frying pans as you are with your good china, are you? God wanted life to be precious to us-so He made it as frail as fine china.

Yes, it does. He made it fragile so we would treasure it, just like He does. You're not nearly as careful with your cast-iron frying pans as you are with your good china, are you? God wanted life to be precious to us—so He made it as frail as fine china.