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"I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy; the second is economy. The third is daring not to be ahead of others. From mercy comes courage; from economy comes generosity; From humility comes leadership."
"But she named the infant "Pearl," as being of great price-purchased with all she had-her mother's only treasure!"
"if only these treasures were not so fragile as they are precious and beautiful."
"Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for. The damned thing in the cave that was so dreaded has become the center."
"The gospel cannot be preached and heard enough, for it cannot be grasped well enough ... Moreover, our greatest task is to keep you faithful to this article and to bequeath this treasure to you when we die."
"My later years are my treasure years."
"I have seen great beauty of spirit in some who were great sufferers. I have seen men, for the most part, grow better not worse with advancing years, and I have seen the last illness produce treasures of fortitude and meekness from most unpromising subjects."
"We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph."
"I stole a piece of the chess set on the first film. I took a piece of the treasure out of Bellatrix's vault on this film. And I've taken my wand and I've got my cloak."
"How happy we would be if we could find the treasure of which the Gospel speaks; all else would be as nothing. As it is boundless, the more you search for it the greater the riches you will find; let us search unceasingly and let us not stop until we have found it."
"Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies."
"Nature had gathered her choicest treasures , to draw her lovers into close and confiding communion with her"
"They were seeking out the treasure of their destiny, without actually wanting to live out their destiny."
"Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for gold—where we trip is where the treasure lies."
"No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge."
"All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
"The purest treasure mortal times can afford is a spotless reputation."
"Do I think I'm a national treasure? I don't see why not? I don't see why I shouldn't be. I'm a good lad, really."
"I don't have anything that I treasure at all. They're just things. I tend to buy an awful lot of stuff, like clothes and things. But I wouldn't be bothered if my house burns down tomorrow."
"For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished that the flaws were fewer In the earthen vessel, holding treasure, But the main thing is, does it hold good measure Heaven soon sets right all other matters!"
