Comforts Quotes

223 quotes by 197 authors

You have to live your life according to what comforts you, not what the rest of your family thinks you ought to be doing. — Judith Guest
While the comforts of modern civilization and technological success or economic success seem at the moment quite fulfilling, I can assure you that all of… — Frederick Lenz
... the greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided… — Aldous Huxley
It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the… — Alfred Marshall
An inventor's endeavor is essentially lifesaving. Whether he harnesses forces, improves devices, or provides new comforts and conveniences, he is adding to the safety of… — Nikola Tesla
It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in… — Derek Jacobi
This doctrine ['that the condition of man cannot be ameliorated, that what has been must ever be, and that to secure ourselves where we are… — Thomas Jefferson
Appeasement is a vote to live in the present tense, to hold the comforts of the moment. — Mark Steyn
All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His conversation sweet, His comforts refreshing;… — Thomas a Kempis
We never had it so good: Every person alive today derives great benefit from comforts and pleasures that were not available in the past. All… — Zelig Pliskin
I know it is more agreeable to walk upon carpets than to lie upon dungeon floors, I know it is pleasant to have all the… — Henry Ward Beecher
For thence a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, - Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired to be, And… — Robert Browning
Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now see the capitalist system being discredited and destroyed all over… — Ayn Rand
In front of the model I work with the same will to reproduce truth as if I were making a portrait. I do not correct… — Auguste Rodin
Love rejoices in good wherever it finds it; envy is pained by good, and the sight of the happiness of others hurts the eyes and… — Lawrence G. Lovasik
Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and… — Christopher Love
The cat is the only non-gregarious domestic animal. It is retained by its extra-ordinary adhesion to the comforts of the house in which it is… — Francis Galton
What is undeniable is that when comforts and convenience sap our energies and idealism, inactivity secretes sloth in to our minds like a poison in… — Os Guinness
Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful. — Bayard Taylor
When a leader makes the choice to put the safety and lives of the people inside the organization first, to sacrifice their comforts and sacrifice… — Simon Sinek

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