Precious Jewels Quotes

• The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Attitude, Jewels, Soul

  Hazrat Inayat Khan “The Sayings of Hazrat Inayat Khan”, Library of Alexandria

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

  Maya Angelou

  Shining, Looks, World

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• The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh.

  Robert Ludlum

  Jewels, Precious Stones, Flesh

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• 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

  Jewels, Mindfulness, May

  Pema Chodron (2007). “No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva”, p.248, Shambhala Publications

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• If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.

  Teresa of Avila

  Mean, Garden, Jewels

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• A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Jewels, Ornaments, Use

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.7963, Delphi Classics

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• Each day's a gift of Life divine a precious jewel that's yours and mine!

  John McLeod

  Jewels, Giving, Each Day

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

  Matthew Henry

  Peace, Jewels, Giving

  Matthew Henry, J.B Williams (1828). “Exposition of the Old and New Testament”, p.19

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• Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these women and rejoice in their warmth and courage.

  Maya Angelou

  Strong Women, Humanness Is, Jewels

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• I'll tell you this. Leaving that which you love breaks your heart open. But you will find a jewel inside, and this precious jewel is the opening of your heart to all that is new and all that is different, and it will be the making of you-if you allow it to be.

  Jacqueline Winspear

  Heart, Jewels, Leaving

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• So I want to identify, if I can, the most important thing that we discover in life. At least, it is the most important thing that I have discovered. I will share it with you, like a precious jewel, fit for this occasion. I refer to love. Love for one another. Love for our community. Love for others everywhere in the world. Love transcends even scholarship, cleverness and university degrees. It is greater than pride and wealth. It endures when worldly vanities fade.

  Michael Kirby

  Love, Pride, Vanity

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• 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

  Mean, Math, Jewels

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• Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts?

  Martin Luther

  Angel, Jewels, Noble

  Martin Luther “On the Jews & Their Lies”, Gottfried & Fritz

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

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Adversity, Jewels

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 12

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• Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings - give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!

  Patrick Henry

  Blessing, Jewels, Giving

  Patrick Henry (2007). “Patrick Henry in his speeches and writings and in the words of his contemporaries”, Warwick House Publishing

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• I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!

  Camille Pissarro

  Jewels, Monsters, Canvas

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• 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

  Spiritual, Gratitude, Believe

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• A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Jewels, Poetic, Great Poet

  Ludwig van Beethoven (1868). “Letters from the Collection of Ludwig Nohl: Also His Letters to the Archduke Rudolph, Cardinal-Archbishop of Olmütz, K.W. from the Collection of Ludwig, Ritter Von Köchel. Translated by Lady Wallace, with a Portrait and Facsimile”, p.88

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• It would be a shame to lose the precious jewel of liberation in the mud of ignorant body building.

  K. Pattabhi Jois

  Jewels, Ignorant, Would Be

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• I am very sorry to know and hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale-house and tavern, contrary to the true meaning and doctrine of the same.

  King Edward VIII

  Sorry, Jewels, House

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• 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

  Integrity, Cutting, Men

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “The Ender Quintet”, p.790, Macmillan

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• Masonic ideas are the precious jewels of Speculative Masons; the should be kept bright and sparkling for all the brethren to see and to admire. As such, they should be the special care of Masonic leaders particularly those who teach and interpret the philosophy of Freemasonry.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Philosophy, Jewels, Ideas

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• The Protestant wing of the western church, which is a tiny percentage of the Body of Christ, is nearly completely (98%) unaware that the Holy Spirit is restoring contemplative prayer-center stage-to the church The Holy Spirit is restoring this precious jewel (contemplative prayer) to the body of Christ. This is the God ordained means of attaining the fullness of God.

  Mike Bickle

  Prayer, Mean, Jewels

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• My family always says my voice is a gift—a precious jewel I inherited from my maternal grandma, Julia Kate Hudson. My sister and I used to joke that the 'Kates' in our family got all the talent.

  Jennifer Hudson

  Grandma, Jewels, Voice

  Jennifer Hudson (2012). “I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down”, p.14, Penguin

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• Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earlthy blessings - give us that precious jewel, and you may take every things else! . . . Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.

  Patrick Henry

  Freedom, Jealous, Blessing

  "Shall Liberty or Empire Be Sought?". Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1788.

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