What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Overacting is a self-indulgence, while underacting comes either through a lack of talent or a lack of courage. — Gregory Peck Copy Share Image
Modesty is an excuse for sloppiness, laziness, self-indulgence; small ambitions evoke small efforts. — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
“Neither imagine that you are false, nor lash yourself, for both may be forms of self-indulgence.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self indulgence. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
One has to differentiate between priorities and self-indulgence. What you have today may disappear tomorrow. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Self-indulgence stays in safe harbor. Obedience always leaves self behind and sails out in faith…Waves present opportunity! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you and I are inclined to nestle down in indolence and self indulgence. God "stirs up our nests" and bids us… — Theodore L. Cuyler Copy Share Image
Seeming contentment is real discontent, combined with indolence or self-indulgence, which, while taking no legitimate means of raising itself, delights in bringing… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“[H]e who spends more than he earns is sowing the winds of needless self indulgence from which he is sure to reap… — George S. Clason Copy Share Image
I hated prog rock; to me, it was the ultimate expression of a bloated sense of self-importance and mindless self-indulgence. — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Inevitably out of the psychedelic experience emerges not despair, not self-indulgence, but wild-eyed idealism, that's the inevitable product of any psychedelically driven… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I'm trying not to delve into my world of abstraction and self-indulgence. But I haven't. When I sit down and I try… — Spencer Krug Copy Share Image
The president has to project to the American people a sense of demanding idealism. Idealism which is not based in self-indulgence, but… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
It is not what I do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through me. God does not want… — Elizabeth Dole Copy Share Image
“He [Eugène Rougon] believed exclusively in himself; where another saw reasons, Rougon possessed convictions; he subordinated everything to the incessant aggrandisement of… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Remember that Divinity is the true self of Man. It cannot be sold for gold; neither can it be heaped up as… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
I mean, what do you think creativity is? Nothing but self-indulgence. And the more self-indulgent it is, the more interesting it becomes.… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
Remember there is always a limit to self-indulgence, none to restraint... Civilization , in the real sense of the term, consists not… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Writing is an art but also a craft, which means it's a job. I don't teach. This is how the groceries get… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
“Some will call this self-indulgence (They are lucky not to know its truth) Some will know the simple fact of pain This… — Sarah Kane Copy Share Image
A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
Thought is the work of the intellect, reverie is its self-indulgence. To substitute day-dreaming for thought is to confuse a poison with… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Individuals motivated by self-interest, self-indulgence, and a false sense of self-sufficiency pursue selfish ambition for the purpose of self-glorification. — C. J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“ He shrank from even the smallest things that inclined towards self indulgence. He would not remain alone with a lady. {… — Moncure Daniel Conway Copy Share Image
“So many of us resist the truth that self-care is not self-indulgence, but it is a fact that you cannot pour from… — Lily Burana Copy Share Image
“do not fall in love with your suffering, never presume that your suffering is in itself a proof of your authenticity. Renunciation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Industrial civilization is only possible when there's no self-denial. Self-indulgence up to the very limits imposed by hygiene and economics. Otherwise the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Original art emanates in the mind ... and lessons society's confusion from self indulgence, avarice and greed to trust, hope and love.” — Louis Faurer Copy Share Image
In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence , an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
In a world of self indulgence your attitude is going to be your biggest obstacle because you're only concerned with yourself! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A writer should be able to open a window or two for others to see the world and themselves in a new… — Barista Uno Copy Share Image
Three enemies that will weaken your ministry over time: Self-indulgence, bitterness, and carelessness. Strong people discipline their desires, restrain their reactions, and… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
When we don't get any treats, we feel depleted, resentful, and angry, and we feel justified in self-indulgence. We start to crave… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
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