Indulgence Quotes

221 quotes by 194 authors

You forget who submits, Eva,â€ he said gruffly. â€œIâ€™ve given up control for you. Iâ€™ve bent and adjusted for you. Iâ€™ll do anything to keep… — Sylvia Day
Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance.… — C.S. Lewis
The very freedom which the sinner supposedly exercises in his self-indulgence is only another proof that he is ruled by the tyrant. — Fulton J. Sheen
On Saturday night, I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival, and on Sunday morning when I was playing organ for… — Anton Szandor LaVey
She liked to sit on the front porch in the afternoons and read books she'd checked out from the library. Aside from coffee, reading was… — Nicholas Sparks
The signs of excessive indulgence in this destructive pastime are easily detectable. They are these: A disposition to eat, to drink, to smoke, to meet… — Mark Twain
Now my charms are all o'erthrown, And what strength I have's mine own, - Which is most faint: now, 'tis true, I must be here… — William Shakespeare
People talk of the courage of convictions, but in actual life a man's duty to his family may make a rigid course seem a selfish… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without… — B.K.S. Iyengar
The idea of absolute freedom is fiction. It's based on the idea of an independent self. But in fact, there's no such thing. There's no… — Peter Coyote
Intent is not a thought, or an object, or a wish. Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that… — Carlos Castaneda
When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called LOVE is a delirious inhuman state of mind: when… — Miles Franklin
Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor. — Yotam Ottolenghi
We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ourselves by severe self scrutiny, then… — Saint Bernard
I cannot recall a period when I did not draw; and at school, the studies that were distasteful to me, mathematics and grammar, were retarded… — Jacob Epstein
Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to… — Nancy Gibbs
American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence behind Parisian Surrealism. — John Updike
I have a helicopter that I use for U.K. business trips, and I fly myself. I have a yacht in Antibes in the south of… — John Caudwell
Like a lot of snackers, I recognized that snacking is an indulgence and is all about taste. — Keith Belling
The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step. — Calista Flockhart

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