Quotes on Gems

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.

Books are yours, Within whose silent chambers treasure lies Preserved from age to age; more precious far Than that accumulated store of gold And orient gems, which, for a day of need, The Sultan hides deep in ancestral tombs. These hoards of truth you can unlock at will.

I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.

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.

Guard your own spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds.

If you are not living with a whole heart now, the end of the world poses no threat; your life is already gone. Life is only as valuable as our presence to enjoy it. To miss the beauty of the moment because you are preparing to protect yourself from the next one, is to trade a precious gem for a cheap trinket.

One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it.

The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.

Some gems for the greatest of them all

Flint has the potential to produce fire, and gems have intrinsic value. We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance. Likewise, we do not see that the Buddha exists in our own hearts.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Gold and precious gems are, in many places, the one form of wealth a woman can use to protect and enhance herself within the elaborate structure of patriarchy.

Honest poverty is a gem that even a king might be proud to call his own - but I wish to sell out

Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.

We should not feel pride in our charity, austerity, valour, scriptural knowledge, modestyandmorality for the world is full of the rarest gems.

There is another language beyond language, _x000D_ another place beyond heaven and hell. _x000D_ Precious gems come from another mine, _x000D_ the heart draws light from another source.

Words are like gems to me... imagine yourself walking through a very shallow stream and picking up beautiful stones that catch your eye... that's what names are like for me.

Improve your spare moments and they will become the brightest gems in your life.

Why aren't more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books aren't within everybody's reach.

On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise.