Bible Quote by James Hervey

The signs of excessive indulgence in this destructive pastime are easily detectable. They are these: A disposition to eat, to drink, to smoke, to…

— Mark Twain

What matters is not your outward appearance. . . but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle gracious kind that God delights in.

— Saint Peter

“People often mistake tenderheartedness for indulgence, as if being kind to themselves leads to lethargy—sitting around the house all day eating bonbons and wearing…

— Geneen Roth

Study is the scourge of boyhood, the environment of youth, the indulgence of adults and the curative for the aged.

— Saul Landau

“Guilt is a self-indulgence.”

— Marian Keyes

Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even though he had to sell…

— Martin Luther

Las Vegas is the therapeutic ethos of our time run amok, our socio-psychological promise to ourselves to be eternally young writ large on the…

— Hal Rothman

“Franciscan spirituality, means attempting to clear away some of the clutter of self-interest and self-indulgence that almost naturally attach to men and women who…

— Catherine Odell

“Some will call this self-indulgence (They are lucky not to know its truth) Some will know the simple fact of pain This is becoming…

— Sarah Kane

Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have…

— Jeffrey Kluger

How much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a lovely face…

— Jean de la Bruyere

The mother's love is not given to us to spoil us with indulgence, but to soften our hearts, that we may in turn soften…

— Paramahansa Yogananda