The very sermon that we needlessly miss, may contain a precious word in season for our souls.

When we are expecting only suffering, the least joy surprises us: Suffering itself becomes the greatest of joys when we seek it as a precious treasure

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine

No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.

When it’s time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.

Precious, she gets hit by life so many different ways and so many times, but she doesn’t yield to it. She continues to get up and she continues to struggle for a better life.

The most precious thing that we all have with us is time.

Law enforcement officers should use only the minimum force necessary in dealing with disorders when they arise. A human life-the life of a student, soldier, or police officer-is a precious thing, and the taking of a life can be justified only as a necessary and last resort.

Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. But some stand out as moments of beginning, in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries.

The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

Among all the commodities that exist in this earthly world, Gold stands as the most precious one.

In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.

Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day.

Proper utilization of time is so important. While we have this body, and especially this amazing human brain, I think every minute is something precious.

Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day.

Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is Awakened.

There is a plan for each of us, and each of us is precious. As we open our hearts more and more, we’re moved in the directions in which we’re supposed to go.

The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition, are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they provide the moral impulse which alone can lead to that peace, in the true meaning of the word, for which we all long. . . . There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves.

You have a gift that only you can give the world – that’s the whole reason you’re on the planet. Use your precious energy to build a magnificent life that really is attainable. The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day.

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

It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.

Life’s too precious to waste it on negativity.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

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

He was a child; but he knew his own soul, it was precious to him, he guarded it as the eyelid guards the eye, and without the key of love he let no one into his soul.

We were together. I forget the rest.

When I get up and work out, I’m working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It’s just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.

That person who enters your life out of nowhere and suddenly means the world to you.

My diamonds hit harder when the light off.

Barcelona is my life, they have brought me to where I am today, I could not leave, I don’t want to leave. My heart stays with Barcelona.

I am the happiest man alive and I am happy for myself, for my family and for my country.

In football, as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precious.