Pleasing Quotes

446 quotes by 365 authors

The earth is like the breasts of a woman: useful as well as pleasing. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing… — Miguel de Cervantes
Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will. — Michel de Montaigne
A pleasing countenance is no light advantage. — Ovid
As a man, I've learned that there is nothing easier in married life than pleasing your wife with your cooking. — Robert Breault
Now, among the heresies that are spoken in this matter is the habit of calling a grey day a "colourless" day. Grey is a colour,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I believe that one of the great problems for us as individuals is the depression and the tension resulting from existence in a world which… — Lady Bird Johnson
Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes amiss. It is a pleasing break in the thread of a speech or writing, allowing the speaker or… — William Francis Henry King
We ought not to raise expectations which it is not in our power to satisfy.-It is more pleasing to see smoke brightening into flame, than… — Samuel Johnson
The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one's public and on that private audience to whom one… — Judith Martin
To call a king "Prince" is pleasing, because it diminishes his rank. — Blaise Pascal
My biggest advice for girls - and this is something that I wish I could have known when I was younger - is to have… — Kate Voegele
Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way - how many pleasing things… — Claude M. Bristol
The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of obstacles to a… — Harold Geneen
If she is pleasing to one man, a girl is taken care of. — Propertius
... I pray... that you may discern your affairs in a manner pleasing to God and may so act and endeavor that you may find… — Symeon the New Theologian
Most arts require long study and application; but the most useful of all, that of pleasing, only the desire. — Lord Chesterfield
For the high achievers, studying gave them the pleasing, absorbing challenge of flow 40 percent of the hours they spent at it. But for low… — Daniel Goleman
Following our inner guidance may feel risky and frightening at first, because we are no longer playing it safe, doing what we 'should' do, pleasing… — Shakti Gawain
We cannot all hope to combine the pleasing qualities of good looks, brains, and eloquence. — Homer

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