Sweetness Quotes

613 Sweetness quotes by 397 unique authors

Sugar is more present in America or England than it is in France. I think there is an addiction to sweetness. — Pierre Dukan
Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make… — Pio of Pietrelcina
The shepherds - simple souls - came to adore the Infant Savior. Mary rejoiced at seeing their homage and willing offerings they made to her… — Peter Julian Eymard
Remember that you will derive strength by reflecting that the saints yearn for you to join their ranks; desire to see you fight bravely, and… — Henry Suso
O God, enlarge within us the sense of fellowship with all living things, even our brothers, the animals, to whom Thou gavest the earth as… — Saint Basil
A piece of simple goodness--a letter gushing from the heart; a beautiful unstudied vindication of the worth and untiring sweetness of human nature--a record of… — Douglas William Jerrold
We are violets blue, For our sweetness found Careless in the mossy shades, Looking on the ground. Love's dropp'd eyelids and a kiss,-- Such our… — Leigh Hunt
Sweet meat must have sour sauce. — Ben Jonson
It is impossible to tell you the perfect sweetness of the lips and closed eyes, nor the solemnity of the seal of death which is… — John Ruskin
Growing old is not all sweetness and light. Old women especially are invisible. — Ruth Rendell
When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood. — Georg Trakl
O my child, bethink you that just as the bee, having gathered heaven's dew and earth's sweetest juices from amid the flowers, carries it to… — Saint Francis de Sales
All the honey that can be gathered from the flowers of this world has less sweetness than the vinegar and gall of Jesus Christ our… — Ignatius Loyola
The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses the… — Thomas Aquinas
Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail. — Matthew Arnold
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. — Matthew Arnold
The sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom. — Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive it; a harmonious perfection, a… — Matthew Arnold
I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the… — Audre Lorde
Our culture is now one of masculine triumphalism, in which transhistorically feminine expressions – empathy, sweetness, volubility, warmth – are seen as impediments to a… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke
If you cannot be great, be willing to serve God in that which is small. If you cannot do great things for Him, cheerfully do… — Samuel Francis Smith
Swan flocks of lilies shoreward lying, In sweetness, not in music, dying. — John Greenleaf Whittier
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning… — Khalil Gibran
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. — Albert Einstein
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They… — Hubert H. Humphrey

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397 authors contributed a total of 613 Sweetness Quotes, led by these top contributors: