#treasure

God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#beyond #every #god #may #me

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#armies #asia #blue #chest #combined

There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#amazingly #familiar #get #greatest #know

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. ↗

— David O. McKay

#choice #earth #freedom #give #more

Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures. ↗

— Melina Mercouri

#concern #continues #had #little #much

I'm glad I made the decision, although the practice of law - and particularly serving as a federal judge - was a part of my life that I really enjoyed and treasured and look back on it with fondness. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#back #decision #enjoyed #federal #federal judge

I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order. ↗

— Rick Moody

#faith #highest #highest order #i #order

I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time at university. And I started to notice then how unresolved some things were. Later, I realised that Stevenson was interested in sequels, and I wondered whether he would have gone back to it had he lived longer. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#first #first time #gone #had #how

Poison." he said, deadpan. "That's an unusual name to give your child. You must love her very much." She's a treasure." Bram agreed, blithely ignoing the sarcasm. .... Then went a few dozen feet in silence, until they were out of eaarshor of the gaurd. She's a treasure." Poison mimicked, and Bram burst out laughing. ↗

— Chris Wooding

#laughing #poison #treasure #funny

If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#experience #must #other #our #own