Accounts Quote by John Ruskin

As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be…

— Joseph Butler

“Why couldn’t I simply accept things as they were and be grateful? I wondered. How I envied people whose desires were simple and who…

— Liza Dalby

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the…

— George Santayana

My belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in some cases…

— Robert Baden-Powell

It would have been a joy to me to be smiled upon, loved, encouraged, welcomed, and to obtain what I was so ready to…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

We were created for meaningful work, and one of life's greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done.

— John C. Maxwell

Out of all the things you could not have there were some things that you could have and one of those was to know…

— Ernest Hemingway

Living big and joyful and content is almost always the result of our finding satisfaction in life's ordinary day-to-day pleasures. And God must be…

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the…

— John Tillotson

We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in…

— Jack Gilbert

Understand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite bliss that…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

We were all delighted, we all realized we were leaving confusion and nonsense behind and performing our one and noble function of the time,…

— Jack Kerouac