My reason for choosing diamonds is that, dense as they are, they represent the greatest worth in the smallest volume. — Coco Chanel
The treasures of the heart are most valuable of all. — Nichiren
The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls.
[Fr., Apres l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles.] — Jean De La Bruyere
The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens. — Grace Kelly
Let us carve gems out of our stony hearts and let them light our path to love. — Rumi
A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up. — Kabir
True friends are like diamonds – bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style. — Nicole Richie
Short Precious Stones Quotes
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. — Confucius
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one. — Chinese Proverbs
If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless. — Saadi Shirazi
The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Diamonds - that'll shut her up... for a minute! — Ron White
Diamonds are formed in pressure; that is why God allows you to go through difficult times. — Matshona Dhliwayo
The flowers are Nature's jewels, with whose wealth she decks her summer beauty. — George Croly
A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect. — English Proverbs
People's most prized possessions carry deeply symbolic and emotional significance. — Gad Saad
Precious Stones Image Quotes
You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.
Precious Metal Quotes
Important reserves of natural resources, like petroleum and precious metals, are the bulwarks for laying the foundations for the future. — Enrique Pena Nieto
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards. — John Locke
President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics. — Imelda Marcos
Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.
But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The trifling economy of paper, as a cheaper medium, or its convenience for transmission, weighs nothing in opposition to the advantages of the precious metals it is liable to be abused, has been, is, and forever will be abused, in every country in which it is permitted. — Thomas Jefferson
When depreciated, mutilated, or debased coinage (or currency) is in concurrent circulation with money of high value in terms of precious metals, the good money automatically disappears. — Thomas Gresham
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
The geographical movement of money and commodities as capital is not the same as the movements of products and of precious metals. Capital is, after all, money used in a certain way, and is by no means identical with all money uses. — David Harvey
In a sense, my grandmother was living in the Iron Age. There was no system of writing among the nomads. Metal artifacts were rare and precious.... The first time she saw a white person my grandmother was in her thirties: she thought this person's skin had burned off. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The monopoly of a single bank is certainly an evil. The multiplication of them was intended to cure it; but it multiplied an influence of the same character with the first, and completed the supplanting the precious metals by a paper circulation. Between such parties the less we meddle the better. — Thomas Jefferson
As in many countries precious metals belong to the crown, so here more precious natural objects of rare beauty should belong to the public. — Henry David Thoreau
Precious Jewels Quotes
Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself. — Maya Angelou
All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious. — Pearl S. Buck
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
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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
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
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart. — J. G. Holland
Time is a precious thing. Never waste it. — Gene Wilder
The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. — Konrad Lorenz
Woman is the most precious gift known to man. — Rick Ross
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
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
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
A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books. — Plato
Programming productivity is a precious and fragile thing stemming from great focus. Maintaining it requires active protection from the individual and organization. — Greg Brockman
What we learn through failure becomes a precious part of us, strengthening us in everything we do. So let the tough things make you tougher. — Soichiro Honda
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, and all the things that can be compared unto her. — Solomon
Jewelry Quotes
I think jewelry can change an outfit more than anything else. Transformation, punch, individuality: One or all of the above are why you should wear jewelry. — Iris Apfel
The best legacy you could leave is not some building that is names after you or a piece of jewelry but rather a world that has been impacted and touched by your presence, your joy, and your positive actions. — Jon Gordon
I tend not to wear accessories. I'm not one of those gals with a drawerful of amazing jewelry. I don't even have my ears pierced! But I have one bracelet that never comes off my wrist. — Rachael Taylor
Im a hard worker, and everything with me is, if I work hard, I should get paid for it. Everything with me, I try to symbolize something flashy like jewelry or a car. The rubbing hands is a symbol of hustling, so it goes back to the money. — Birdman
If there was a choice on spending a lot of money on accessories or dress, I always chose accessories. I think jewelry can change an outfit more than anything else. — Iris Apfel
A woman needs ropes and ropes of pearls. — Grace Kelly
I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself. — Mae West
At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first. — Ethel Merman
I’m not just edgy, and I’m not just into a tomboy look, and I’m not just girly. I do what I want, and if I like something, I’ll wear it. — Sadie Sink
When you go out on a date, you are there to be a gentleman, a charming James Bond – not her approval-seeking servant. — Corey Wayne
Diamond Rings Quotes
It is wrong to wear diamonds before luncheon, except on one’s marriage rings. Before, after, and during breakfast, luncheon and dinner, it is vulgar to wear a mixture of colored precious stones. It is always a comfort to know that so many things one can’t afford to do anyway are vulgar. — Judith Martin
I don't care how cheap the box is that you put a diamond ring in, nothing about the box diminishes the value of the content. — T. D. Jakes
I don't wear diamond necklaces. I'm not against it but I never could afford it, so now I just wear gold. I wear bracelets, rings, anklets. — ASAP Rocky
If you give that gal a diamond ring, you'll get a diamond back. She's just a venom wearing denim, boy, she's always making tracks. — Junior Brown
They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun. — Eric Clapton
Having Willie Stargell on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger. — Chuck Tanner
I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings. — Loretta Lynn
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people, they're drinking, thinking that they got it made. Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things, but you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe. — Bob Dylan
And I can't even go to the grocery store without some ones that's clean and a shirt with a team/It seems we living the American dream but people highest up got the lowest self esteem/The prettiest people do the ugliest things for the road to riches and diamond rings. — Kanye West
Gold And Diamonds Quotes
The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rastafari means to live in nature, to see the Creator in the wind, sea and storm. Other religions pointed to the sky, and while we were looking in the sky, they dug up all the gold and diamonds and went away with them — Jimmy Cliff
It’s supply and demand. If gold is discovered, then it gets harder to make money mining gold because everyone’s competing with you. — Jim Simons
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
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. — Samuel Johnson
Life is a journey. Perhaps we may be more or less pointed towards a general direction, but whether we pave that road with diamonds and gold or just plain dirt and cement is up to us. — Alex Tan
Love is priceless. And all I really want is a good night kiss. So if tears were diamonds, more valuable gold, then a fortune in the corners of my eyes I would hold. — Drew Chadwick
No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday. — Mae West
Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone. — Joseph Joubert
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. It becomes cheap as it becomes vulgar, and will no longer raise expectation or animate enterprise. — Samuel Johnson
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. — Richard Simmons
In precious opals there might be a dash of red here, a seductive swirl of blue there, and in the center, perhaps, a flirtatious glance of green. But each stone flickers with a unique fire and a good opal is one with an opinion of its own. — Victoria Finlay
Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least impurity without damage. It is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by a single flaw. — Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
But loss is a precious stone to me, a nectar Distilled in time, preaching the truth of winter To the fallen heart that does not cease to fall. — James K. Baxter
For those who live by faith, the cross is a treasure more valuable than gold and precious stones. — Basil Moreau
All that is sweet, delightful, and amiable in this world, in the serenity of the air, the fineness of seasons, the joy of light, the melody of sounds, the beauty of colors, the fragrancy of smells, the splendor of precious stones, is nothing else but Heaven breaking through the veil of this world. — William Law
For ages happiness has been represented as a huge precious stone, impossible to find, which people seek for hopelessly. It is not so; happiness is a mosaic, composed of a thousand little stones, which separately and of themselves have little value, but which united with art form a graceful design. — Delphine de Girardin
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. — William Shakespeare
Every woman deserves diamonds, and even if you can't afford to go out and buy diamonds for yourself or you don't have actual stone diamonds, I think when we look at ourselves we should refer to ourselves as a precious stone. — Nia Long
Time is the most precious element of human existence. — Denis Waitley
Now her eyes meet mine like green lightning-they are green, these eyes of hers, whose power is so indescribable-green, but as are precious stones, or deep unfathomable mountain lakes. — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
In the ordinary course of things, how many succeed in society merely by virtue of their manners, while others, however meritorious, fail through lack of them? After all, it's only barbarians who wear uncut precious stones. — Lord Chesterfield
Genius, like gold and precious stones,
is chiefly prized because of its rarity. — Mark Twain
O naked flower of my lips, you lie! I await a thing unknown or perhaps, unaware of the mystery and your cries you give, O lips, the supreme tortured moans of a childhood groping among its reveries to sort out finally its cold precious stones. — Stephane Mallarme
Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light. — Arthur Schopenhauer
jewels have played a colorful part in the evolution of world affairs. Because precious stones tend to inspire both admiration and greed, leaders have found convenient excuses for seeking them and have used them to impress crowds, reward friends, deprive foes, forge alliances, and justify war. Jewels may find their highest expression in the decorative arts, but they have also earned a place in the art of the possible. — Madeleine Albright
A high character might be produced, I suppose, by continued prosperity, but it has very seldom been the case. Adversity, however it may appear to be our foe, is our true friend; and, after a little acquaintance with it, we receive it as a precious thing - the prophecy of a coming joy. It should be no ambition of ours to traverse a path without a thorn or stone. — Charles Spurgeon
Comedians are a much rarer and far more valuable commodity than all the gold and precious stones in the world. — Groucho Marx
Let me take up your metaphor. Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat or violence or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after. The more graceful and ornamental it was, the more clearly do we discern the hopelessness of restoring it to its former state. Coarse stones, if they are fractured, may be cemented again; precious stones, never. — Walter Savage Landor
It will be full of precious stones and jewels, and best of all, full of precious souls!-Immortal souls, saved souls that love Jesus and that you won to the Lord. — David Berg
All that is sweet, delightful, and amiable in this world, in the serenity of the air, the fineness of seasons, the joy of light, the melody of sounds, the beauty of colors, the fragrancy of smells, the splendor our precious stones, is nothing else but Heaven breaking through the veil of this world, manifesting itself in such a degree and darting forth in such variety so much of its own nature. — William Law
Ho said, 'I do not grieve because my feet have been cut off. I grieve because a precious jewel is dubbed a mere stone, and a man of integrity is called a deceiver. This is why I weep.' — Orson Scott Card
What we call vice in our neighbor may be nothing less than a crude virtue. To him who knows nothing more of precious stones than he can learn from a daily contemplation of his breastpin, a diamond in the mine must be a very uncompromising sort of stone. — William Gilmore Simms
Let woman be a plaything, pure and fine, like a precious stone, illumined with the virtues of a world not yet come. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone. — Max Muller
Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other's home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for. God, the true Philosopher's Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart, The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart! — Ramakrishna
I can't leave her there all alone, surrounded by stone walls... She's too precious to give up. — Megan Whalen Turner
No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed; Lay that on your heart, My young angry dear; This truth, this hard and precious stone, Lay it on your hot cheek, Let it hide your tear. Hold it like a crystal When you are alone And gaze in the depths of the icy stone. Long, look long and you will be blessed: No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed. — Sara Teasdale
There was a feeling, not sudden, but complete, as though I had been given a small object to hold unseen in my hands. Precious as opal, smooth as jade, weighty as a river stone, more fragile than a bird's egg. Infinitely still, live as the root of Creation. Not a gift, but a trust. Fiercely to cherish, softly to guard. The words spoke themselves and disappeared into the groined shadows of the roof. — Diana Gabaldon
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