Displeasing Quotes

18 quotes by 17 authors

Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent. — John of the Cross
Take here the grand secret; if not of pleasing all, yet of displeasing none, and court mediocrity, avoid originality, and sacrifice to fashion. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
They who prematurely put themselves forward to root out whatever is displeasing to them overthrow the judgment of God and rashly intrude upon the office… — John Calvin
A leader must identify himself with the group, must back up the group, even at the risk of displeasing superiors. He must believe that the… — Vince Lombardi
Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices… — Khalil Gibran
The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untrue, it shows one to be of consequence enough, in one way or other, to… — Lord Byron
There is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me when I was… — Saint Augustine
The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what's pleasing, not displeasing; fourth,… — Gautama Buddha
For those women sin against God when they rub their skin with ointments, stain their cheeks with rouge, and make their eyes prominent with antimony.… — Tertullian
If you are willing to bear serenely the trial of being displeasing to yourself, then you will be for Jesus a pleasant place of shelter. — Therese of Lisieux
Such is the nature of novelty that where anything pleases it becomes doubly agreeable if new; but if it displeases, it is doubly displeasing on… — David Hume
To sum up: I am the man who when the concern pressed him and his way was straitened and he could find no other device… — Maimonides
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the… — David Hume
Even if everyone is taking a different direction, do not b discouraged, even if you are left alone, keep on moving, for loneliness is better… — Abbakhuwa
God is working in your life and he is about to put a period, where the Devil wants to put a comma. God is trying… — David Kreger
In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that is not exactly displeasing — FranÃ§ois De La Rochefoucauld

Who Wrote These Displeasing Quotes

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