Taking Pleasure Quotes

12 quotes by 11 authors

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them. — Jacob Bronowski
By recognizing a favorable opinion of yourself, and taking pleasure in it, you in a measure give yourself and your peace of mind into the… — Charles Horton Cooley
I shared a bed with my sister, Grace, until I was seventeen years old. She was afraid to sleep alone and would begin asking me… — Lena Dunham
Taking pleasure in the dark side may be some sort of occupational hazard for reporters. — Calvin Trillin
Ill-luck is, in nine cases out of ten, the result of taking pleasure first and duty second, instead of duty first and pleasure second. — Theodore T. Munger
The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or courage,… — Saint Francis de Sales
Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The future, good or ill, was not forgotten, but ceased to have any power over the present. Health and hope grew strong in them, and… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Bilbo lay with his eyes shut, gasping an taking pleasure in the feel of the fresh air again, and hardly noticing the excitement of the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious. — Idries Shah
Being against evil doesn't make you good. Tonight I was against it and then I was evil myself. I could feel it coming just like… — Ernest Hemingway
It is a remarkable fact that we can never read or hear of the labors which our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ performed, without taking… — Heber J. Grant

Who Wrote These Taking Pleasure Quotes

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