Precious

Famous quotes containing the word precious:

“A good name is better than precious ointment.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes, 7:1.

“Because the young child feels with such intensity, he experiences sorrows that seem inconsolable and losses that feel unbearable. A precious toy gets broken or a good-bye cannot be endured. When this happens, words like “sad” or “disappointed” seem a travesty because they cannot possibly capture the enormity of the child’s loss. He needs a loving adult presence to support him in his pain but he does not want to be talked out of it.”
—Alicia F. Lieberman (20th century)

“What we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)