Pleasing Quotes

446 quotes by 365 authors

The purpose of all art is to cause a deep and emotion, also one that is entertaining or pleasing. Out of the depth and entertainment… — W. Eugene Smith
It is impossible for any rational creature to be happy without acting all for God. God Himself could not make him happy any other way...… — David Brainerd
Of late God has been pleased to keep my soul hungry almost continually, so that I have been filled with a kind of pleasing pain.… — David Brainerd
Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find. — Hesiod
No Congress of the United States ever assembled, on surveying the state of the Union, has met with a more pleasing prospect than that which… — Calvin Coolidge
Do as you would be done by, is the surest method of pleasing. — Lord Chesterfield
With the possible exception of having more pleasing lines to the eye while in flight, the monoplane possesses no material advantage over the biplane. — Glenn Curtiss
Symphonies can generate a tremendous amount of sounds, beauty, and emotion. That is part of their human feel and sweetness. Keyboards, on the other hand,… — Yanni
It is pleasing to reflect that results so beneficial, not only to the States immediately concerned, but to the harmony of the Union, will have… — Andrew Jackson
In my own case, I had to train myself out of that phony smile, which is like a nervous tic on every teenage girl. And… — Shulamith Firestone
You must do everything you can to make your appearance pleasing, but the minute you walk out the door, forget yourself and start concentrating on… — Susan W. Tanner
True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true. — Laozi
When the kirtan is harmonious with so many people, itâ€™s a tumultuous beautiful sound. We canâ€™t hear just one voice during the chorus; or rather… — Radhanath Swami
Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Details of the many walks I made along the crest have blurred, now, into a pleasing tapestry of grass and space and sunlight. — Colin Fletcher
But are there many honest people who will admit that it is pleasing to give pain? — Friedrich Nietzsche
When you think night and day and every moment only of pleasing me, things will be very easy for you. — Anne Rice
I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope… — Edward Jenner
When we are set free from the bondage of pleasing others, when we are free from currying others'approval-then no one will be able to make… — Kay Arthur
I hope, if you should live to grow up, you will endeavour to be very useful and not spend all your time in pleasing yourself. — Elizabeth Fry

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