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Precious Quotes

On the rare and cherished things worth guarding closely.

A few of these lines compare rare qualities, like true listening, to gems worth protecting, while others describe liberty itself as something that must be carefully safeguarded. Discover more in our Beauty quotes.

We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves.

Quotes by Rowan Williams

That's the thing about 'The Daily Show' - we're doing four shows a week, so we can't be too precious about what's going on.

Quotes by Ronny Chieng

Life is precious - very, very precious.

Quotes by Ron Cephas Jones

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

Quotes by Robert Hall

Celebrity despicability is a precious thing.

Quotes by Rob Sheffield

I believe life is precious; I believe that to the marrow of my bones.

Quotes by Richard Mourdock

There is precious little that's charitable about the world of charity.

Quotes by Richard Cohen

My years on 'Family Matters' were precious to me. During the run of the show, I saw many births, deaths, weddings... The actual family on the show became my family.

Quotes by Reginald VelJohnson

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing.

Quotes by Randolph Bourne

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

Quotes by Ralph Richardson

In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

Quotes by Queen Elizabeth II

The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right.

Quotes by Paul Farmer

Turkey is a warning: democracy is precious but fragile. It underlines how rights and freedoms are often won at great cost and sacrifice but can be stripped away by regimes exploiting national crises.

Quotes by Owen Jones

The imagination is a pretty precious source of protection.

Quotes by Nicholas Ray

If you are working or a veteran or a parent, time is often the most precious commodity.

Quotes by Neil Bush

Once humans traded their hunter-gatherer existences for more settled communities, we began a quest to make our lives better and more comfortable, but we've also been sucking precious finite resources from our environment ever since.

Quotes by Naveen Jain

As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.

Quotes by Nancy Reagan

For Christians, faith is a precious good, the most valuable personal and social resource. When it is left untapped, the common good suffers - not just the particular interests of Christians.

Quotes by Miroslav Volf

That creates the magic, and that's the wonderment of the musical process and how precious that is.

Quotes by Mick Fleetwood

We don't ever realize how precious life is while we're living it.

Quotes by Michael Arden

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Precious quotes collection focus on?
It's about things worth protecting — good listeners compared to gems that should be treasured, liberty described as precious enough to be carefully rationed, and personal musical instincts described as precious and deserving respect.
Is 'precious' only used about people here?
No — it spans people, ideas, and abstract qualities. One line applies it to liberty itself, treating freedom as a resource so valuable it has to be handled with care rather than assumed.
What does the quote about collaboration mean?
It states that collaboration is no longer painful or precious, suggesting that something once rare or difficult has become ordinary — a reminder that this collection includes ideas about things losing their preciousness, not just gaining it.
How does this connect to rarity and value more broadly?
Several lines link "precious" directly to scarcity and worth, echoing the ideas behind Rarity and Value quotes — something is precious precisely because it can't be taken for granted.
Why would someone share a precious quote?
These lines work well for expressing appreciation for a person, memory, or belief — a way of saying something matters without overstating it.

Other quotes celebrate individual instinct and creative differences as things to respect rather than standardize. Continue exploring with our Rarity quotes.