Precious Possessions Quotes - Page 2

• The mother is the most precious possessions of the nation, so precious that society advances its highest well-being when it protects the functions of the mother.

  Ellen Key

  Mother, Baby, Function

  Ellen Key (2016). “The century of the child”, p.42, Ellen Key

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• The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.

  Mark Twain

  Men, Brotherhood Of Man, Diversity

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.34, Courier Corporation

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• The glory of a workman, still more of a master workman, that he does his work well, ought to be his most precious possession; like the honor of a soldier, dearer to him than life.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Life, Work, Soldier

  Thomas Carlyle (2010). “The Works of Thomas Carlyle: Volume 30, Critical and Miscellaneous Essays V”, p.35, Cambridge University Press

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• Together as a nation, we have the obligation to put sunshine into the hearts of our little ones. They are our precious possessions. They deserve what happiness life can offer.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.78, Pan Macmillan

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• Some days the mere fact of seeing feels like perfect happiness... You feel so rich you long to share your jubilation with others. The memory of such moments is my most precious possession. Maybe because there've been so few of them. A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there-- even if you put them end to end they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds snatched from eternity.

  Robert Doisneau

  Memories, Two, Perfect

  Robert Doisneau (1980). “Photographs”

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• A testimony is a most precious possession because it is not acquired by logic or reason alone, it cannot be purchased with earthly possessions, and it cannot be given as a present or inherited from our ancestors. We cannot depend on the testimonies of other people. We need to know for ourselves. President Gordon B. Hinckley said, ‘Every Latter-day Saint has the responsibility to know for himself or herself with a certainty beyond doubt that Jesus is the resurrected, living Son of the living God.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Jesus, Responsibility, Son

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