Precious Quotes - page 9

When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things. (Edward Cocker)
Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake. View quote
Goswami Kriyananda
Soil is a living ecosystem, and is a farmer's most precious asset. A farmer's productive capacity is directly related to the health of his or her soil. View quote
Howard Warren Buffett
Water is at the center of every chemical reaction, and therefore should be the earth's most precious gift. View quote
Janine Benyus
Finally, after a lot of searching and digging, it was simply the love of family that gave me a road into the character. Once I got into that, and we delved into what it would be like to survive cancer and the ability to see how precious life is, it became easier to play her. View quote
Jeanne Tripplehorn
I think I'm very conscientious of how precious life is and how quickly life can be taken away from you, especially at times when it can be least expected. View quote
Jeff Garcia
Happy is the person who cherishes the precious lessons of the past and lives vigorously in the present. View quote
Jerome Hines
Studies have consistently shown that financial hardship is the biggest obstacle to heterosexual marriage, yet the Republican leadership has done precious little to help address the financial hardship faced by American families. View quote
Kendrick Meek
I'm a person that thinks time is very precious and our only commodity... It's so upsetting when I feel like something has wasted my time. View quote
Lorene Scafaria
Life is precious and relationships are precious. I'm a great believer in family. View quote
Len Goodman
Art to me is not precious enough that I feel territorial about what the word gets applied to. Conversations about what counts as art and what doesn't doesn't captivate my attention very much. (Maggie Nelson)
The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past. View quote
Mary Webb
What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate our world is precious and special. View quote
Morris Dees
The imagination is a pretty precious source of protection. View quote
Nicholas Ray
God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self. View quote
Nicole Ari Parker
We trust something in a grocery store and assume it's good. We don't learn about the most precious thing in life-the food we put in our body. Educate yourself! View quote
Paul Prudhomme
In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945. View quote
Queen Elizabeth II
No one is perfect... absolutely no one. Like precious stones, we have a few flaws, but why focus on that? Focus on what you like about yourself, and that will bring you happiness and peace. View quote
Richard Simmons
Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together. View quote
Robert Reich
Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character. View quote
Rod Paige
My son's the most precious thing to me; he's changed me from being selfish to selfless. (Ricardo Antonio Chavira)
We need to appreciate how precious life is. View quote
Shelley Fabares
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society. View quote
Shirley Hufstedler
Being a scientist is a special privilege: for it brings the opportunity to be creative, the passionate quest for answers to nature's most precious secrets, and the warm friendships of many valued colleagues. View quote
Stanley B. Prusiner
Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl. View quote
Tahar Ben Jelloun