169 Precious Gifts Quotes

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Famous Precious Gifts Quotes

Such as I am, I am a precious gift. - Zora Neale Hurston

Such as I am, I am a precious gift. — Zora Neale Hurston

Woman is the most precious gift known to man. - Rick Ross

Woman is the most precious gift known to man. — Rick Ross

The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious. — Martin Luther

The treasures of the heart are most valuable of all. — Nichiren

The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind — Theodorus Gaza

Our mothers give us so many gifts. They give us the precious gift of life, of course, but they also leave treasured lessons that can guide us along our journeys even when they are no longer with us. — Maria Shriver

The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh. — Robert Ludlum

Friends are treasures. — Horace Bruns

The gift of perfume to a flower is a special grace like genius or like beauty, and never becomes common or cheap. — John Burroughs

The most precious gift you can give someone is the gift of your time and attention. — Nicky Gumbel

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. — George Macdonald

The most precious things in life are not those you get for money. — Albert Einstein

The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver. — John Bunyan

Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor. — Sri Anandamayi Ma

Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Short Precious Gifts Quotes

  • Precious and priceless, so lovable, too; The world's sweetest miracle, baby, is you. — Helen Steiner Rice
  • Of all possessions a friend is the most precious. — Herodotus
  • Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured. — Walter Anderson
  • Beauty is a fragile gift. — Ovid
  • A Friend is a treasure. More precious than Gold, For love shared is priceless And never grows old. — Unknown
  • Beauty is the gift of God — Aristotle
  • Each day provides its own gifts. — Marcus Aurelius
  • A gift of truth is the gift of love. — David Icke
  • There is nothing more precious than time. — Hungarian Proverbs

Precious Gifts Image Quotes

Precious gifts quote Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That's why we call it present.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That's why we call it present.

Gift Value Quotes

Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life. — Michelangelo

life is the greatest gift that could ever be conceived ... A daffodil pushing up through the dark earth to the spring, knowing somehow deep in its roots that spring and light and sunshine will come, has more courage and more knowledge of the value of life than any human being I've met. — Madeleine L'Engle

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. — Margaret Mead

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving. — William Baldwin

Life is life's greatest gift. Guard the life of another creature as you would your own because it is your own. On life's scale of values, the smallest is no less precious to the creature who owns it than the largest. — Lloyd Biggle, Jr.

It's actually a rare and precious thing to discover what it is you love to do, and I encourage you to remain unapologetically consumed by it. Be faithful to your gift and very confident in its value. — Jonathan Ive

I was discovering that the most precious gift someone can give us is time, because what gives time its value is death. — Ingrid Betancourt

Your value in life is determined by the problems you solve through your gift. — Myles Munroe

If you value yourself, you understand that you are a gift to anyone you meet. — Rhonda Britten

Friendship is a precious gift that can't be bought or sold. It's value is greater than mountains made of gold. If you shall ask God for a gift be thankful if he sends not diamonds pearls or riches but the love and trust of friends. It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. — Marlene Dietrich

Precious Things Quotes

Time is a precious thing. Never waste it. - Gene Wilder

Time is a precious thing. Never waste it. — Gene Wilder

Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself. — Maya Angelou

The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it. — David Attenborough

My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. — Steve Jobs

Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns. — Nelson Mandela

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty! — James Monroe

When you are doing one thing - talking on your phone, texting, whatever - you are automatically not doing something else. What is the greatest scarcity in the world today? It's not oil. It's time. Time is precious. Don't throw it away. — Martin Cooper

You know, a man's life is the most precious thing in the world, isn't it? So isn't it odd that a man will insure everything but his life? — Ben Feldman

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. — Oscar Wilde

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. — Mark Twain

Precious Possessions Quotes

The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart. — J. G. Holland

You are bigger than everything you own. You are more precious than everything you possess. You are more important than everything that has come into your life. — Mahatria Ra

Gold is the most precious of all commodities; gold constitutes treasure, and he who possesses it has all he needs in the world, as also the means of rescuing souls from purgatory, and restoring them to the enjoyment of paradise. — Christopher Columbus

No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt until it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away. — Al-Ghazali

Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance. — Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving. — W. Clement Stone

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions. — Ambrose Bierce

Thirsting desires and longings possessed my soul after perfect holiness. God was so precious to my soul that the world with all its enjoyments appeared vile. I had no more value for the favor of men than for pebbles. — David Brainerd

The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession. — Mark Twain

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. — Robert Reich

Precious Jewels Quotes

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious. — Pearl S. Buck

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. - Hazrat Inayat Khan

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it. — Pema Chodron

Who can find a wife of noble character? She is far more precious than jewels. — Bible Proverbs

Bodily and spiritual affliction are the surest sign of Divine predilection. Gratitude for suffering is a precious jewel for our heavenly crown... Man should always firmly believe that God sends just that trial which is most beneficial for him. — Gertrude the Great

Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth. — Matthew Henry

Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel. — Johannes Kepler

Whenever you surrender the most precious areas of your life to GOD, it's like trading in a pile of worthless pebbles for a truckload of priceless jewels. — Leslie Ludy

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head. — William Shakespeare

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation. — Ludwig van Beethoven

Precious Quotes

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. — Marcus Aurelius

The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. — Konrad Lorenz

Tell me, what is it you plan to do 
with your one wild and precious life? - Mary Oliver

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? — Mary Oliver

Run my dear, from anything that may not strengthen your precious budding wings. Run like hell my dear, from anyone likely to put a sharp knife into the sacred, tender vision of your beautiful heart. — Hafez

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. — Nhat Hanh

What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment. — Nick Saban

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer. — Leo Buscaglia

The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift. - Konrad Lorenz

The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift. — Konrad Lorenz

To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can't see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life. — Nancy Reagan

Remember that in a hall of perfect darkness, totally dark, if you light one small candle, its light will be seen from afar; its precious light will be seen by everyone. — Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Prized Possessions Quotes

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend. - Socrates

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend. — Socrates

Happiness is not a possession to be prized. It is a quality of thought, a state of mind. — Daphne Du Maurier

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken. - Orson Scott Card

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken. — Orson Scott Card

My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library. — Bill Russell

People's most prized possessions carry deeply symbolic and emotional significance. — Gad Saad

Happiness happens when you fit with your life, when you fit so harmoniously that whatsoever you are doing is your joy. Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. — Daphne Du Maurier

Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and wander. — Saul Williams

I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2001 before I had cleaned up. — Graham Coxon

I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession. — Nancy Grace

Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know? — James Hetfield

Special Gifts Quotes

A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts. Where we use them and how determines whether we actually complete something. — Max De Pree

There has never been and never will be another you. You have a purpose - a very special gift that only you can bring to the world. — Marie Forleo

Stay on your game and keep going for your dreams. The world needs that special gift that only you have. — Marie Forleo

Don't assume you have to be extraordinary to be used by God. You don't have to have exceptional gifts, talents, abilities, or connections. God specializes in using ordinary people whose limitations and weaknesses make them ideal showcases for His greatness and glory. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future. — Og Mandino

Even if you're not the most naturally gifted, you can often win by being the best in a very narrow category. — James Clear

Musicians should never forget that we're blessed. We have a special gift that people can enjoy through us. We've had the good fortune to receive this and pass it along to others. — Ed Thigpen

Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. — Og Mandino

Animals can always read your vibration, and if you are intent on empowering your life, they will often gift you by making special melodies of sound to balance your chakras and tune up your body. — Barbara Marciniak

I do believe I am special. My special gift is my vision, my commitment, and my willingness to do whatever it takes. — Tony Robbins

Precious Love Quotes

We are travelers on a cosmic journey,stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity. — Paulo Coelho

The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Every time I hear anyone speak of the Sacred Heart of Jesus or of the Blessed Sacrament I feel an indescribable joy. It is as if a wave of precious memories, sweet affections and joyful hopes swept over my poor person, making me tremble with happiness and filling my soul with tenderness. — Pope John XXIII

What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up! — Hafez

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. — John Lennon

I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself? — Walt Whitman

Life is so precious. Please, please, let's love one another, live each day, reach out to each other, be kind to each other. Peace be with you. God is great. — Julia Roberts

There's nothing more precious in this world than the feeling of being wanted. — Diana Dors

This beautiful Earth that we have, this gift that the Universe has given us is precious beyond measure, precious beyond imagination, and we are part of it and we must treat it with Love, respect, and reverence. — Graham Hancock

I just love dressing up in everything a man is supposed not to be, in all that vulnerability, sweetness, preciousness and impracticality. — Grayson Perry

Love Is Precious Quotes

I think He intends to try you like gold in the crucible, so as to number you amongst His most faithful servants. Therefore you must lovingly embrace all occasions of suffering, considering them as precious tokens of His love. To suffer in silence and without complaint is what He asks of you. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

The striking thing about the Precious Blood is the bond it establishes between love and suffering in our experience, a bond that has become so close that we have come to think of suffering accepted with joy as the most authentic sign of love with any depth at all. — Gabriel Marcel

The Blessed Sacrament is the first and supreme object of our worship. We must preserve in the depths of our hearts a constant and uninterrupted profound adoration of this precious pledge of Divine Love. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

More precious than life is love, for there can be no life without love. — Sun Myung Moon

Love - true love - is a precious thing. It is painful, uncomfortable, makes fools of us all, but it is what breathes meaning and color and purpose into our lives. — Kate Mosse

A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never fear abandonment. This is the most precious gift true love offers - the experience of knowing we always belong. — Bell Hooks

Love is a word that is constantly heard, Hate is a word that is not. Love, I am told, is more precious than gold. Love, I have read, is hot. But hate is the verb that to me is superb, And Love but a drug on the mart. Any kiddie in school can love like a fool, But Hating, my boy, is an Art. — Ogden Nash

In being with dying, we arrive at a natural crucible of what it means to love and be loved. And we can ask ourselves this: Knowing that death is inevitable, what is most precious today? — Joan Halifax

Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another. — Carl Sagan

To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. — Mahatma Gandhi

Great Gifts Quotes

Greatness can be captured in one word: lifestyle. Life is God's gift to you, style is what you make of it. — Mae Jemison

The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible. — Nikola Tesla

I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift. — Septima Poinsette Clark

The great powers of the world may have done wonders in giving the world an industrial and military look but the great gift still has to come from Africa - giving the world a more human face. — Steven Biko

I know success or failure in my life or ministry does not depend on my own skill or even on external circumstances, it depends only on my faithfulness. God will give me the gifts necessary to do whatever He calls me to do, and He will not be hindered in His work by circumstances. — Lester Sumrall

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. — Meryl Streep

Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find. — William Wordsworth

The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish that you caught isn't someone else's gift to you? — Lee Wulff

The right to freedom is the gift of God Almighty....The rights of the Colonists as Christians may be best understood by reading, and carefully studying the institutes of the great Lawgiver and head of the Christian Church: which are to be found clearly written and promuligated in the New Testament. — Samuel Adams

There are two great gifts which God, in his love for man, has granted from on high: the priesthood and the imperial dignity. — Justinian I

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More Precious Gifts Quotes

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace — Marie Curie

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration. — Cornel West

I close my eyes And sink within myself Relive the gift of precious memories In need of a fix called innocence When did it begin?The change to come was undetectable The open wounds expose the importance of Our innocence A high that can never be bought or sold — Chuck Schuldiner

Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself. — Walter Anderson

Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as 'grace under pressure' - grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure. — Aung San Suu Kyi

Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others. — Nhat Hanh

You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift. — Meryl Streep

I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift. — Steven Pinker

The most precious gift God gave humans is reason. Its best use is the search for knowledge. To know the human environment, to know the earth and galaxies, is to know God. Knowledge (science) is the best form of prayer. — Fatema Mernissi

This life that has been given to us as a gift, as such a precious gift. To really try to understand it, really try to recognize it, is the greatest meditation. Through the media of this Knowledge we can tap into our inner sources that are so beautiful. — Prem Rawat

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift. — Kate DiCamillo

Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions. — Aung San Suu Kyi

Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing to look back upon the time which we have lost. Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering. Time lost is time not filled, time left empty. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a moment to pay homage to the mystery of life and the gift of another day. — Kent Nerburn

Forget yesterday - it has already forgotten you. Don’t sweat tomorrow - you haven’t even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift - today. — Steve Maraboli

Freedom and security are precious gifts that we, as Americans, should never take for granted. We must do all we can to extend our hand in times of need to those who willingly sacrifice each day to provide that freedom and security. While we can never do enough to show gratitude to our nation's defenders, we can always do a little more. — Gary Sinise

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time. — Rick Warren

It's a precious thing to be communicating to children, helping them discover the gift of language and thought. — Richard Scarry

When we spend our lives waiting until we're perfect or bulletproof before we walk into the arena, we ultimately sacrifice relationships and opportunities that may not be recoverable, we squander our precious time, and we turn our backs on our gifts, those unique contributions that only we can make. — Brené Brown

I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have-life itself. — Walter Inglis Anderson

Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives; and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man. — Miguel de Cervantes

The gifts of caring, attention, affection, appreciation, and love are some of the most precious gifts you can give, and they don't cost you anything. — Deepak Chopra

His wedding gift, clasped round my throat. A choker of rubies, two inches wide, like an extraordinarily precious slit throat. — Angela Carter

One should see any opportunity to serve as a rare and precious gift...and never waste such an opportunity. — Mata Amritanandamayi

True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give. — Sara Bareilles

As the conceptual, material world increases its hold on us, and inanimate objects become more lifelike, we humans must become more human. Open hearts, kindness and care-these are our most precious gifts. — Sakyong Mipham

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