#precious

There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#brave #courage #deception #eyes #fortitude

That was the big effect Lord of the Rings had on me. It was discovering New Zealand. And even more precious were the people- not at all like the Australians. ↗

— Ian Mckellen

#big #discovering #effect #even #had

When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart. ↗

— Edwin Booth

#convey #good #good heart #heart #how

Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose. ↗

— David Brainerd

#away #good #how #i #i do

I reluctantly left the series because a) my age. I'm 68 tomorrow and time is very precious for me to spend time at home with my family and especially with the grandchildren. They're aged 7 and 5. After three years I became homesick for my home. ↗

— Richard Briers

#age #aged #became #because #especially

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love. ↗

— Albert Camus

#his #idea #love #man #once

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#attended #bodyguard #lies #precious #she

I think I'm very conscientious of how precious life is and how quickly life can be taken away from you, especially at times when it can be least expected. ↗

— Jeff Garcia

#conscientious #especially #expected #how #i

Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom. ↗

— Milos Forman

#certainly #communist #did #easy #freedom

I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or try and hold onto it because it so precious to us and it's such an extraordinary part of our lives. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#child #either #extraordinary #hold #i