Quotes About Treasure

Orma moved a pile of books off a stool for me but seated himself directly on another stack. This habit of his never ceased to amuse me. Dragons no longer hoarded gold; Comonot's reforms had outlawed it. For Orma and his generation, knowledge was treasure. As dragons through the ages had done, he gathered it and then he sat on it.

But brokenhearted was brokenhearted. Never embraced. Never treasured. Never easy. Heath figured every human being had a certain amount of God-ordained grace to endure their own unique brand of loss and pain.

Whoever wanted this trunk

What is the most valuable thing on earth? It's not the Hope Diamond, or the National Treasury. It's not a Picasso collection, or the Microsoft fortune. It is the wisdom of God, seen in the pages of your Bible. You've had access to it all along.

You Have a Gift, and It Is Immensely Valuable

But just look at her, he thought. How can there be this much treasure all in one place, and the world still here?

Goods and cash worth crores of rupees lie buried to my knowledge in the palace of my late father-in-law (Qamruddin) besides heaps of gold and silver stored inside the ceiling. Complete disagreement exists among the emperor, his wazirs and nobles. If you invade India this time, the Indian Empire with all its riches of crores will fall into your hands.

Tolkien reveals that our personalities take on the quality of our acts. Outward behavior manifests inward convictions, whether for good or ill. "The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks" (Luke 6:45).

A man's library is a sort of harem.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Can what's buried beneath the ground on Oak Island possibly be worth what the search for it has already cost? Six lives, scores of personal fortunes, piles of wrecked equipment, and tens of thousands of man-hours have been spent so far, and that's not to mention the blown minds and broken spirits that lie in the wake of what is at once the world's most famous and frustrating treasure hunt.

I'm constantly buying records.

I love to sit and watch a bit of 'Cash in the Attic.'

I buy so much stuff from charity shops.

I love charity shops.

I suppose, because I've been able to make a very good living writing books, that going out and finding another million dollars under the sea is not the fascination. The fascination is in finding the ship.

Men know not the gold which lies in the mine of Christ Jesus, or surely they would dig in it night and day. They have not yet discovered the pearl of great price, or they would have sold their all to buy the field wherein it lies.

Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep. You have to go looking for them; they're not just lying around on the surface.

carrying money, food and the seal ring of Bel-ka-Trazet, set out alone for Lak. BOOK VI

Today, I choose to cherish myself like a beloved child. I treat myself gently and with compassion. Practicing alert attention, I find delight in the small treasures of the day. I allow meaningful moments to assume enhanced perspective. Counting these blessings, I enrich my impoverished heart.

when one loved, one cherished. One protected.

I am not a poor child, Lady Eleanor, Madelyne announced, letting her anger sound in her voice. Duncan won't marry you. He won't sign the contracts. He'd have to give up his greatest treasure in order to marry you. And what be that treasure? Lady Eleanor inquired, her voice mild. Why, I'm Duncan's greatest treasure. He'd be a fool to give me up, she added. And even you must know that Duncan is anything but a fool.

Only a fool gives up his one treasure.

strung a small white stone with a hole in it. 'This is more precious