(126 quotes found)
“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.”
Lao Tzu
“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
“A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.”
Ludwig van Beethoven
“It's the most precious thing...to know absolutely where you belong. There's a whole emotional wrapping-around-of-you-here. You see the same rock, tree, road, clouds, sun – you develop a nice kind of intimacy with the world around you. To be intimate is to grow, to learn... [it] is absolutely fulfilling. Intimacy, that's my magic word for why I live here.”
Tessie Naranjo
“Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured”
Walter Anderson
“Sweet are the uses of adversity; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head”
William Shakespeare
“Life should be like the precious metals, weigh much in little bulk”
Seneca
“The most precious things in speech are pauses”
Ralph Richardson
Bookmark
