Treasure Quotes - Page 6

• Eternity is the divine treasure-house, and hope is the window, by means of which mortals are permitted to see, as through a glass darkly, the things which God is preparing.

  William Mountford

  Mean, Glasses, House

  William Mountford, Frederic Dan Huntington (1850). “Martyria: A Legend, Wherein are Contained Homilies, Conversations, and Incidents of the Reign of Edward the Sixth”, p.208

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• Our spiritual manhood in heaven will discard many things which we now count precious, as a full-grown man discards the treasures of his childhood.

  Charles Spurgeon

  God, Christian, Spiritual

  Charles Spurgeon (2014). “Commentary on 1 Corinthians”, p.79, Ravenio Books

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• Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.

  Hesiod

  Men, Tongue

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• A man of sense, though born without wit, often lives to have wit. His memory treasures up ideas and reflections; he compares themwith new occurrences, and strikes out new lights from the collision. The consequence is sometimes bons mots, and sometimes apothegms.

  Horace Walpole

  Memories, Reflection, Men

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• A self-denial, no less austere than the saint's, is demanded of the scholar. He must worship truth, and forgo all things for that,and choose defeat and pain, so that his treasure in thought is thereby augmented.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Pain, Self, Saint

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• The loss of a much-prized treasure is only half felt when we have not regarded its tenure as secure.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Loss, Half, Tenure

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• If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs,follow that wise man ; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wise, Buddhist, Intelligent

  Gautama Buddha (2013). “The Dhammapada”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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• I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour.

  John Buchan

  Believe, Passion, Men

  John Buchan (2017). “Prester John”, p.114, BookRix

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• Each person is a really a great treasure house of capacities, possibilities, energies.

  Jean Houston

  House, Energy, Possibility

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• Liberty is a blessing so inestimable, that, wherever there appears any probability of recovering it, a nation may willingly run many hazards, and ought not even to repine at the greatest effusion of blood or dissipation of treasure.

  David Hume

  Running, Blessing, Blood

  David Hume (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated)”, p.874, Delphi Classics

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• Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because it means very simply that the command to obey is the command to be happy in God. The commandments of God are only as hard to obey as the promises of God are hard to believe. The Word of God is only as hard to obey as the beauty of God is hard to cherish.

  John Piper

  Believe, Mean, Promise

  John Piper (2012). “The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God”, p.250, Multnomah

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• When you are deeply peaceful and confident that, because of Christ, God will bring you safely to his eternal kingdom and be the all-satisfying Treasure of your life forever, then you are free to see the truth, and love the truth, and speak the truth no matter what, and joyfully spread a passion for the truth whose name is Jesus.

  John Piper

  Jesus, Passion, Names

  John Piper (2013). “Think”, p.108, SPCK

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• Love all the seasons, because every season has its own treasures! Winter does not own the treasures of the spring; the spring does not own the treasures of the winter! If you know only the autumn, you are poor; if you know only the summer, you are poor! To be rich, love all the seasons and live all the seasons! Wise man is the one who knows all the treasures of all the seasons!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Love, Summer, Wise

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• O witches, O misery, O hate, to you has my treasure been entrusted! I contrived to purge my mind of all human hope. On all joy, to strangle it, I pounced with the strength of a wild beast. I called to the plagues to smother me in blood, in sand, misfortune was my God.

  Arthur Rimbaud

  Fear, Hate, Blood

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• Infinite riches are all around you if you will open your mental eyes and behold the treasure house of infinity within you. There is a gold mine within you from which you can extract everything you need to live life gloriously, joyously, and abundantly.

  Joseph Murphy

  Life, Eye, House

  Joseph Murphy (2012). “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind”, p.3, Courier Corporation

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• What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?

  Thomas Sowell

  Race, Blood, Political

  Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• It is always our treasure that the lightning strikes.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Loss, Lightning, Strikes

  Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Edward Stowe (1889). “Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe: Compiled from Her Letters and Journals”

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• Heather Lende's small town is populated with big hearts--she finds them on the beach, walking her granddaughters, in the stories of ordinary peoples' lives, and knits them into unforgettable tales. Find the Good is a treasure.

  Jo-Ann Mapson

  Beach, Heart, Heathers

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• A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

  Pedro Calderon de la Barca

  Needs, Doers, Action

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• ...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.

  Seth Godin

  Motivational, Art, Business

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• Do not try to explain feelings. Live everything intensely and treasure what you feel as a gift from God.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Feelings

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• Gold, for the instant, lost its luster in his eyes, for there were countless treasures of the heart which it could never purchase

  Charles Dickens

  Heart, Eye, Gold

  Charles Dickens (1867). “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby”, p.249

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• Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speaks something good.

  George Herbert

  Wisdom, Speak, Grudge

  'The Church Porch' (1633) st. 72

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• I don't treasure things much - just people. And pets.

  Felicity Kendal

  People, Pet, Sure Thing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I contemplate my treasures in their hoard.

  Horace

  May, Contemplating

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