Pleasant Quotes

896 Pleasant quotes by 655 unique authors

Smoke like a chimney, work like a horse, eat without thinking, go for a walk only in really pleasant company. — Albert Einstein
We make our days pleasant or miserable. If we insist on being miserable, irritable and nasty, more than likely the day will give us exactly… — Iyanla Vanzant
We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When one has come to accept a certain course as duty he has a pleasant sense of relief and of lifted responsibility, even if the… — Charles Horton Cooley
Now I admit that the notion of a warless world is a pleasant and attractive thought. But people who believe that there can be such… — Unknown Author
There are few sights more pleasant to the eye, than a wide cotton field when it is in the bloom. It presents an appearance of… — Solomon Northup
It is a great, a pleasant thing to have a friend with whom to walk, untroubled, through the woods, by the stream, saying nothing, at… — Catherine Drinker Bowen
The wisdom of the chess player is displayed more in winning over a capable opponent than a novice. The wisdom of the general is displayed… — Jerry Bridges
My god is a cheerful, pleasant, lively, and good-natured being. — Heber C. Kimball
For astronomy is not only pleasant, but also very useful to be known: it cannot be denied that this art unfolds the admirable wisdom of… — John Calvin
Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents. — John W. Gardner
Happy who in his verse can gently steer From grave to light, from pleasant to severe. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Integrity is unity of the personality; it implies being brutally honest with ourselves about our intentionality. Since intentionality is inextricably bound up with the daimonic,… — Stephen A. Diamond
"Uisce Beatha" is a compounded distilled spirit being drawn on aromatics, and the Irish sort is particularly distinguished for its pleasant and mild flavour. — Samuel Johnson
I reached Ghazipur three days ago. Here I am putting up in the house of Babu Satish Chandra Mukherji, a friend of my early age.… — Swami Vivekananda
It's not pleasant when you lose your whole football team. — Chuck Noll
And hear the pleasant cockoo, loud and long - The simple bird that thinks two notes a song. — William Henry Davies
The first steps in self-acceptance are not at all pleasant, for what one sees is not a happy sight. One needs all the courage to… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
It's a fun day, a day which kicks off the start of our tour, it's got great tradition - Australian cricketers just love tradition -… — Matthew Hayden
It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went. — Henry David Thoreau
It's pleasant and bothersome and embarrassing all at once. Especially when you haven't done much and are a celebrity. — Nastassja Kinski
Suddenly it makes sense again. In no haze of mindfulness, staring down at this snow-covered quilt of America, I am the stars exploding. Voice shot… — Andrew McMahon
After his great awakening, the Buddha continued to meditate and to devote himself to others; otherwise his vision would have receded into a pleasant memory. — Huston Smith
One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to host late-night remotes… — Nick Clooney
Happiness is simply a state of mind in which our thinking is pleasant a good share of the time. — Maxwell Maltz

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