Best 1753 quotes in «pleasure quotes» category

Using simple equipment and daylight alone is for me a pleasure and a replenishment.

Vacations prove that a life of pleasure is overrated.

Vain is the hope of finding pleasure in that which one has hitherto disdained; as when the warrior hopes to find pleasure in the joys of the sedentaries.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it.

Waking up and having a project to work on is one of life's great pleasures.

Watercolour is probably the most satisfying of all mediums. Although difficult in the beginning, after practice its mysteries will unfold, providing the utmost pleasure for the dedicated.

We all live upon the hope of pleasing somebody, and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and at last always will be greatest, when our endeavours are exerted in consequence of our duty.

We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them.

We are all environmentalists now, but we are not all planetists. An environmentalist realizes that nature has its pleasures and deserves respect. A planetist puts the earth ahead of the earthlings.

We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.

We are not immortal ourselves, my friend; how can we expect our enjoyments to be so? We have no rose without its thorn; no pleasure without alloy. It is the law of our existence; and we must acquiesce.

We belittle God when we go through the outward motions of worship and take no pleasure in His person.

We should enjoy food and have fun. It is one of the simplest and nicest pleasures in life.

We begin every act of choice and avoidance from pleasure, and it is to pleasure that we return using our experience of pleasure as the criterion of every good thing.

We chase the reward, we get the reward and then we discover that the true reward is always the next reward. Buying pleasure is a false end.

We fear not God because of any compulsion; our faith is no fetter, our profession is no bondage, we are not dragged to holiness, nor driven to duty. No, our piety is our pleasure, our hope is our happiness, our duty is our delight.

We must turn away from work that replaces experience and pleasure with explanation.

We sell the thrones of angels for a short and turbulent pleasure.

We take no pleasure in permitted joys, But what's forbidden is more keenly sought.

We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.

We call beauty that which supplies us with a particular pleasure.

We get such a kick out of looking forward to pleasures and rushing ahead to meet them that we can’t slow down enough to enjoy them when they come.

We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property.

We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended with regret.

We have not an hour of life in which our pleasures relish not some pain, our sours, some sweetness.

We know that if you have $20 million, it's better to buy a van Gough print than it is buy an executive jet, from the point of view of the environment. But when you start getting down, it's like the recycling question: What are things we can really afford to do, and how much pleasure do we get out of them? We haven't even started to have that discussion, and it's getting awfully late.

We live with our heels as well as head and most of our pleasure comes in that way.

We must accept all of Gods will for us, not just those portions that happen to appeal and bring instant gratification and pleasure to us.

We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred.

We relate all our afflictions more frequently than we do our pleasures.

We unjustly defraud God of his right, unless each of us lives and dies in dependence on His sovereign pleasure.

What can the Creator see with greater pleasure than a happy creature?

What consoles one nowadays is not repentance but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date.

What delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death?

What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am?

Whatever you love most, be it sports, pleasure, business or God, that is your god!

What do we value most? What would we most hate to lose? What do our thoughts turn to most frequently when we are free to think of what we will? And finally, what affords us the greatest pleasure?

What gives you pleasure and joy? Let those be the things that lead you forward in life.

What I hated most was seeing those priests and brothers getting so much pleasure out of inflicting pain. I wondered what was wrong with them.

What is a friend if not someone you feel close to, someone you like being with, someone you can confide in and share pleasure with. -Jeremy Malory-

What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse.

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.

What we are only now beginning to fully realize is that in seeking material pleasure too constantly, the capacity for enjoyment or fulfillment decreases and eventually becomes exhausted.

What's my guilty pleasure? The thing is, I never feel guilty about pleasures.

What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.

What were we made for? To know God. What aim should we have in life? To know God. What is the eternal life that Jesus gives? To know God. What is the best thing in life? To know God. What in humans gives God most pleasure? Knowledge of himself.

What is one person's pleasure is another's poison.

What is there to say, finally, except that pain is bad and pleasure good, life all, death nothing.