Pleasing Quotes

446 quotes by 365 authors

Take here the grand secret; if not of pleasing all, yet of displeasing none, and court mediocrity, avoid originality, and sacrifice to fashion. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets… — Jules de Goncourt
The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there will next come… — Tycho Brahe
Let us give ourselves to the Immaculata [Mary]. Let her prepare us, let her receive Him [Jesus] in Holy Communion. This is the manner most… — Maximilian Kolbe
When shall it be that we shall taste the sweetness of the Divine Will in all that happens to us, considering in everything only His… — Jane Frances de Chantal
I paint ideas, not things. My intention is less to paint works that are pleasing to the eye than to suggest great thoughts which will… — George Frederic Watts
...every day we should stand in awe of Him, as He is with us, and do what is pleasing before Him. If we are unable… — Gregory Palamas
When you have lived longer in this world and outlived the enthusiastic and pleasing illusions of youth, you will find your love and pity for… — Joseph Henry Shorthouse
Certainly amongst all devotions, after that of receiving the sacraments, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament holds first place, is most pleasing to… — Alphonsus Liguori
At the time of Holy Communion I sometimes picture my soul under the figure of a little child of three or four years, who at… — Therese of Lisieux
Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, I hear them all at once. What a delight this is! All this inventing, this… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Instead of pleasing, learn the art of happiness. — Rajneesh
Happiness itself is sufficient excuse. Beautiful things are right and true; so beautiful actions are those pleasing to the gods. Wise men have an inward… — Aristotle
The pleasing punishment that women bear. — William Shakespeare
There's only, like, five perfectly symmetrical people in the world, and they're all movie stars, and they should be, because their faces are very pleasing… — Amy Poehler
One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and, lastly,… — Yoshida Kenko
Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Sometimes it does. But the… — James Boswell
When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded with a frown, must have… — Charles Churchill
It would be more in keeping with the intention of the noblest man in this world if our two Christian churches, instead of annoying Negroes… — Adolf Hitler
Proportion thy charity to the strength of thine estate, lest God proportion thine estate to the weakness of thy charity. Let the lips of the… — Francis Quarles

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