The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.
These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
There are little gems all around us that can hold glimmers of inspiration.
Gems, in fact, are a species of mineral flowers; they are the blossoms of the dark, hard mine; and what they want in perfume, they make up in durability.
Improve your spare moments and they will become the brightest gems in your life.
Let us carve gems out of our stony hearts and let them light our path to love.
Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.
Each moment you are alive is a gem. It needs you to breathe gently for the miracles to be displayed.
Sometimes the darkest challenges, the most difficult lessons, hold the greatest gems of light.
I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.
Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem!
I held a jewel in my fingers And went to sleep. The day was warm, and winds were prosy; I said: "'T will keep." I woke and chid my honest fingers,— The gem was gone; And now an amethyst remembrance Is all I own.
There are gems of wondrous brightness Ofttimes lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor.
From myself I am copper, through you, friend, I am gold. From myself I’m a stone, but through you, I am a gem!
The secret gem of truth has been hidden in the core of your own heart all along. My invitation is to stop all movement of your mind away from truth so that you can discover directly, for yourself, this jewel that is alive within you.
The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.
Gem of all joy, jasper of jocundity.
The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens.
If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
The important thing is to firmly fix our gaze on our own weaknesses, not run away from them, but to battle them head-on and establish a solid self that nothing can sway. Hardships forge and polish our lives, so that eventually they shine with brilliant fortune and benefit. If left in its raw, unpolished form, even the most magnificent gem will not sparkle. The same applies to our lives.
Go and walk with Nature; thou wilt find Full many a gem in her enchanted cup.
Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles.
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