Pleasing Quotes

446 quotes by 361 authors

Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them. — Ellis Peters
It was amazing to watch him in the darkroom at an advanced age, still get excited when the results were pleasing. He still struggled like… — John Sexton
And when I stopped doing that and started thinking about what feels natural and what feels right to me and started pleasing myself, then it… — Terrence Howard
You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user. — Tim Cook
Whatever culture, whatever country, girls are taught to please others as opposed to pleasing themselves. — Eve Ensler
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. — Bible
Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole. — Alexander Pope
Successful men are influenced by desire for pleasing results. Failures are influenced by desire for pleasing methods — Frank E Brennan
One of the most effectual ways of pleasing and of making one's self loved is to be cheerful; joy softens more hearts than tears do. — Mme De Sartory
Don't worry about growing older or pleasing others. Please yourself. — David Brown
As Plato sometimes speaks of the divine love, it arises not out of indigency, as created love does, but out of fullness and redundancy; it… — Sorin Cerin
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in more… — George Washington
Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of almost all of our actions — Samuel Johnson
Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it causeth; and therefore to such as are discontent, in woe,… — Robert Burton
One word or a pleasing smile is often enough to raise up a saddened and wounded soul. — Therese Of Lisieux
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
Don't go around pleasing everybody. You're not a whore. — Nikhil Saluja
Always stay true to who you are, no matter what. Be yourself and don't worry about pleasing and meeting the approval of others. — Nishan Panwar
Me being drunk may not be pleasing for you but remember this; drunken or not I still love you and I know its true. — Unknown Author
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then… — Romans 12:2

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