Quotes about Treasure

There is not so much virginity in the world that one can afford not to love it when one finds it.

The Christified person knows that his life is not finally about him but about God; the Eucharistized person understands that her treasure is to be found above and not below. Wealth, pleasure, power, honor, success, titles, degrees, even friendships and family connections are all relativized as the high adventure of life with God opens up. The eternalized person can say with Paul, "It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me," and "We have here no lasting city.

The little money I have — that is my wealth, but the things I have for which I would not take money, that is my treasure.

What a unique treasure are the things we have learned to live without, for no thief can take them from us.

When you get to heaven, will you look back on this earth and regret how much treasure you laid up here instead of sending it on ahead to heaven?

Anyone who has sympathy and understanding to give has a treasure that is without money and without price.

Precious things are for those that can prize them.

And if we ask how are we to know where our hearts are, the answer is just as simple - everything which hinders us from loving God above all things and acts as a barrier between ourselves and our obedience to Jesus is our treasure, and the place where our heart is.

Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all that he has. It is the pearl of great price to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye which causes him to stumble; it is the call of Jesus Christ at which the disciple leaves his nets and follows him.

Don't run from lessons; they are little packages of treasure that have been given to us. As we learn from them, our lives change for the better.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

I know that I've been given more than beyond measure. I come alive when I see beyond my fears. I know that I've been given more than earthly treasure. I come alive when I've broken down and given you control.