Adornment Quotes

Wisdom, honor and wealth are in the laps of those whose hearts remain permeated with the Lord. What praise can be offered to them? What other adornments can be bestowed upon them? - Sri Guru Granth Sahib

What time he can spare from the adornment of his person he devotes to the neglect of his duties. - William Hepworth Thompson

Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of this world; and the ever-abiding, the good works, are better with your Lord in reward and better in expectation. - Quran

They're not trying to undo history but trying to say that these things are rather adornments and inconveniences which proclaim a different sort of country from the one of the turn of the century which we think this country should be. - Hugo Young

The hand is not so well adorned by ornaments as by charitable offerings; one does not become clean by smearing sandalwood paste upon the body as by taking a bath; one does not become so much satisfied by dinner as by having respect shown to him; and salvation is not attained by self-adornment as by cultivation of spiritual knowledge. - Chanakya

The greatest wealth consisteth in being charitable, And the greatest happiness in having tranquility of mind. Experience is the most beautiful adornment; And the best comrade is one that hath no desire. - Tibetan Doctrine

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment. - Merry Browne

The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the adornments of the actors and the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the human species. - Leonardo Da Vinci

Right away, you felt the architecture of his music was very strong, so whatever you were going to put on top adornments or improvising you really had to know the material. - Steve Lacy

Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive. - Jean De La Bruyere