Quotes about Gold
True virtue never appears so lovely as when it is most oppressed; and the divine excellency of real Christianity is never exhibited with such advantage as when under the greatest trials; then it is that true faith appears much more precious than gold, and upon this account is found to praise and honour and glory.
- Jonathan Edwards
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Often we are not aware of how close we are to that which we need but we think we do not have. In His grace, God has placed some hidden gold somewhere in all of us that meets our need at a desperate moment.
- Ravi Zacharias
The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The little and short sayings of nice And excellent men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the least sparks of diamonds.
- John Tillotson
Dust on gold doesn't change the nature of gold.
- Jon Gordon
A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature.
- Joseph Addison
Commodities such as gold and silver have a world market that transcends national borders, politics, religions, and race. A person may not like someone else's religion, but he'll accept his gold.
- Robert Kiyosaki
If you want to be a conduit for God's grace, you don't have to be lined with gold. Copper will do.
- John Piper
If we are given gold, would we not test it to determine it's value? If we doubted its genuineness - we would test it by fire...and so God with us.
- John Calvin