Pleasure Quotes
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Pleasure without Champagne is purely artificial.
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They say that our sovereign is above his laws to his pleasure, and he may make it and break it as he pleases, without any distinction. The contrary is true, or else he should not have sworn to keep it.
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You cannot prove to yourself that you love God by examining your feelings toward Him. They are indefinite and they fluctuate. But just as far as you obey Him, just so far, depend upon it; you love Him. It is not natural to us sinful, ungrateful beings to prefer His pleasure to our own or to follow His way instead of our own way, and nothing, nothing but love of Him can or does make us obedient to Him.
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It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
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He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.
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Oh righteous doom, that they who make Pleasure their only end, Ordering the whole life for its sake, Miss that whereto they tend. While they who bid stern duty lead, Content to follow, they, Of duty only taking heed, Find pleasure by the way.
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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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You have to get past the pleasure stage, until you reach the stage of tears.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.
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Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
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I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.
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It is inappropriate to discuss matters of business, pleasure or current events in the temple.
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The greatest pleasure of life is love.
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I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
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Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their character, and have only a moderate share of external goods, than among those who possess external goods to a useless extent but are deficient in higher qualities.
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
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An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.
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Again, our marriage problems are not really marriage problems. They are heart problems. They are God problems. Our lack of intimacy with God causes a void that we try to fill with the frailest of substitutes. Like wealth or pleasure. Like fame or respect. Like people. Like marriage.
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Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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He who takes his fill of every pleasure ... becomes depraved; while he who avoids all pleasures alike ... becomes insensible.
