Congenial Quotes

54 quotes by 48 authors

We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ. — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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
The secret to happiness is to find a congenial monotony. — Sean O'Casey
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
To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art. — Oliver Goldsmith
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
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
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
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
Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
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
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
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
I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable. — Carlisle Floyd
Fame is that which is known to exist by the echo of its footsteps through congenial minds. — Anna Brownell Jameson
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
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
I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent. — Giacomo Casanova
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
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

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