#treasure

But men labor under a mistake. The better part of the man is soon ploughed into the soil for compost. By a seeming fate, commonly called necessity, they are employed, as it says in an old book, laying up treasures which moth and rust will corrupt and thieves break through and steal. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#priorities #treasure #men

Nothing in the tangible word that isn't living has any value beyond a dollar amount. Considering that dollars can only buy more tangible and inanimate objects, it would seem a far more worthwhile goal to instead learn to place value on the treasures of the mind. Memories, knowledge and skill together are the only things we will ever actually own. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#knowledge #materialism #mind #money #objects

One who roams the channels after dark, searching for buried treasure. ↗

— Harriet Van Horne

#buried #channels #dark #searching #treasure

Women are pleasured treasures. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#pleasure #relationships #treasures #women #relationship

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself. ↗

— Walter Anderson

#bad #character #choose #defines #gift

Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult of times. ↗

— Allen Klein

#difficult #even #gifts #most #remind

Our nation's children are our greatest asset and our most precious treasure. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#children #greatest #greatest asset #most #nation

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#besides #key #many #treasure #unlocked

I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest. ↗

— James Levine

#era #grew #i #like #orchestra

There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#amazingly #familiar #get #greatest #know