#jewels

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. ↗

It is always the same: women bedeck themselves with jewels and furs, and men with wit and quotations. ↗

One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the London School of Economics and the Nuffield Foundation have all shown, health reforms as well as additional investment were essential to improved outcomes, especially for poorer patients. ↗

— David Miliband

#commonwealth #crown #economics #especially #essential

When I was a child, the FA Cup was one of the crown jewels of the sporting year, along with the Grand National, Wimbledon and The Open. But with every announcement it seems to lose another piece of its identity. First it was sponsors added to the name, followed by the semi-finals at Wembley. ↗

— Gary Neville

#along #announcement #another #child #crown

Her godmother simply touched her with her wand, and, at the same moment, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, all decked with jewels. ↗

— Charles Perrault

#clothes #godmother #gold #her #into

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there! ↗

— Camille Pissarro

#always #canvas #fear #finding #had

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within. ↗

— Plautus

#beauty #character #comes #fortune #gift

I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#anywhere #brilliance #else #face #hair

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. ↗

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

#jewels #more #precious #soul #than

Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes. ↗