#precious

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. ↗

— John Lennon

#after #cupboard #get #gift #going

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

#balance #beams #downwards #every #excellent

It's true, too, that I'm tired of using books as political bullets and grenades. Books are too precious and wonderful to be used for long in such a fashion. ↗

— Yann Martel

#bullets #fashion #grenades #i #long

One sees a blatant disregard for the precious souls of mankind. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#disregard #mankind #precious #sees #souls

Sleep is very precious to me. I love to sleep. ↗

— Tia Mowry

#i love #love #me #precious #sleep

Truthfully, I almost avoided 'While You Were Sleeping,' because I find those romantic comedies kind of precious, and they're full of lines that leave you feeling a little bewildered when you say them. ↗

— Bill Pullman

#avoided #because #bewildered #comedies #feeling

I don't think there is anything hard at all about having a lot of songs. It makes it easier to be less precious about them, and know that everybody's going to want to work on some of them. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#anything #easier #everybody #going #hard

Life is more fragile and precious than I can comprehend, but believe me, I'm trying. ↗

— John O'Callaghan

#brain #consider #faith #fragile #hope

I'm immensely grateful for the precious gift my mother has given me. She is my hero today and every day. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#every #every day #gift #given #grateful

But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#act #am #daily #days #effort