Pleasant Quotes

896 Pleasant quotes by 655 unique authors

To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance. — Gautama Buddha
Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning. — Alan Bradley
A pleasant traveling companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. Each day is the scholar of yesterday. — Publilius Syrus
There are three levels of happiness: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life. — Joel Garreau
Truth is not always a pleasant thing. — George C. Scott
Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature but all things become so through habit — Epictetus
The answer, usually, is no. Wisdom is a quality that defies easy definition but psychologists who study aging have found that some of its components… — James W. Pennebaker
If the portraits of our absent friends are pleasant to us, which renew our memory of them and relieve our regret for their absence by… — Heloise
You can't get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing with a human… — Clarence Darrow
Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain. — Fawn M. Brodie
In all places where there is a Summer and a Winter, and where your Gardens of pleasure are sometimes clothed with their verdant garments, and… — Unknown Author
If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure… — Freya Stark
Eating chocolate can have significant influences on mood, generally leading to an increase in pleasant feelings and a reduction in tension. — Peter Rogers
It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The spirit of gratitude is always pleasant and satisfying because it carries with it a sense of helpfulness to others; it begets love and friendship,… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences. — Nelson Mandela
But . . . I may as well say what I should not otherwise have said, that I always knew in my heart Walt Whitmanâ€™s… — Gerard Manley Hopkins
It is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing — James Schuyler
It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts. — Saint Francis de Sales
You have been asked to take notice of the sayings of dying menâ€”this is mine: that a life spent in the service of God and… — Matthew Henry

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