Congenial Quotes
54 quotes by 48 authors
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We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.
— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to…
— John Burroughs
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The secret to happiness is to find a congenial monotony.
— Sean O'Casey
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To the eyes of a god, mankind must appear as a species of bacteria which multiply and become progressively virulent whenever they find themselves in…
— Aleister Crowley
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To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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How many thorns of human nature - hard, sharp, lifeless protuberances that tear and wound us, narrow prejudices, bristling conceits that repel and disgust us…
— John Burroughs
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The reality is we all have to work together to make it work. We're going to be congenial with everyone. We're not telling people to…
— Brian Reynolds
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Eradication of this unquenchable shrub [tamarisk] will save water, lower salinity levels and create a more congenial habitat for the Southwest Willow Flycatcher and a…
— Wayne Allard
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We need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each other, we need to gain the courage and fresh life that comes from the…
— Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Pride looks back upon its past deeds, and calculating with nicety what it has done, it commits itself to rest; whereas humility looks to that…
— James McCosh
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Quite possibly, the purpose of the universe is to provide a congenial home for self-conscious creatures who can ask profound questions and who can probe…
— Owen Gingerich
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Above all, there was Almah. Everything combined to make her most dear to me. My life has been such that I never before had seen…
— James De Mille
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
— Carlisle Floyd
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Fame is that which is known to exist by the echo of its footsteps through congenial minds.
— Anna Brownell Jameson
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The more congenial page of some tenth-rate poeticule worn out with failure after failure and now squat in his hole like the tailless fox, he…
— Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Some people who experience a religious conversion seem to undergo a personality change. They can be quite congenial and easygoing when talking about mundane things,…
— Darrel Ray
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I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent.
— Giacomo Casanova
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Before this ugly edifice, and between it and the wheel-track of the street, was a grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed, apple-pern, and such unsightly…
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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What writing practice, like Zen practice does is bring you back to the natural state of mind...The mind is raw, full of energy, alive and…
— Natalie Goldberg
Who Wrote These Congenial Quotes
48 authors contributed a total of 54 Congenial Quotes, led by these top contributors: