Please Quotes
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Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. It's there, even when he can't see it or feel it, if he wants it to be there. You realize, I think, that it is more valuable, more mysterious, altogether more immense than anything you can learn or decide upon It will keep you free - not free to do anything you please, but free to be formed by something larger than your own intellect or the intellects around you.
Flannery O'Connor -
True freedom is not the liberty to do anything we please, but the liberty to do what we ought; and it is genuine liberty because doing what we ought now pleases us
D. A. Carson
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Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.
Mstislav Rostropovich -
My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him.
Ang Lee -
Griffin, please,” she whispered. “Do you want me?” he asked. “Yes!” She tossed her head restlessly. She’d explode if he didn’t give her release soon. “Do you need me?” He kissed her nipple too gently. “Please, please, please.” “Do you love me?” And somehow, despite her extremis, she saw the gaping hole of the trap. She peered up at him blindly in the dark. She couldn’t see his face, his expression. “Griffin,” she sighed hopelessly. “You can’t say it, can you?” he whispered. “Can’t admit it either.
Elizabeth Hoyt -
When trouble ends even troubles please.
Sophocles -
The Graces sought some holy ground, Whose sight should ever please; And in their search the soul they found Of Aristophanes.
Plato -
Satisfaction will come to those who please themselves.
Arnold Lobel
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Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty.
Norton Juster -
I am resolved, to go and plant myself in Holland or in Zeeland, and there await the issue which it shall please Him to ordain.
William the Silent -
I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.
Melissa Manchester -
Novelties please less than they impress.
Charles Dickens -
As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.
Seth Godin -
You're hard to please: so many friends and so few cares, and can't make yourself content.
Emily Bronte
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There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased, They scarcely come inclining to be pleased: And sure he must have more than mortal Skill, Who please one against his Will.
William Congreve -
A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau -
The world is coming to an end. Please log off.
Bob Irwin -
It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.
George Dennison Prentice -
For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means... the power of some men to make other men what THEY please.
C. S. Lewis -
Everything that is written merely to please the author is worthless.
Blaise Pascal
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Time and time again I can't please myself.
Adam Duritz Matt Malley -
God has a place and purpose for you, somewhere for you to be and something for you to do. You never will be happy elsewhere, nor can you please God anywhere but there.
Vance Havner -
He who doubts from what he sees Will ne'er believe, do what you please.
William Blake -
The four most powerful words in the English language - please, thanks, sorry and why.
Wendy Alexander