Pleasant Quotes

The almost universal gift everyone can develop is the creation of a pleasant disposition, an even temperament.

Christians don't seem to be as aware of, or as sensitive to, the dire state of humanity as they are about the pleasant growth of their Christian walk.

Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.

My home is a happy place to be. I bless everyone who enters, myself included. Pleasant experiences fill every room.

It is pleasant to recall past troubles.

How pleasant it is to be ignorant! Not to know exactly who Mozart was, to ignore his origin, his influence, the details of his technique! To just let him lead one by the hand.

We have to change men's expectations, as they grow up, regarding their share of domestic work, of child care, but also of elder care, which is less pleasant and which men don't want to do.

God leads His people whether they are obedient or rebellious, but His leading is far more pleasant when they obey.

And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant and profitable reflections?

It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant if one considers it, To own that death itself must be, Like all the rest, a mockery.

There are two roads to every place, and the wise man chooses the pleasant one.

A pleasant companion reduces the length of the journey.

It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders.

Take the wonder drug that cures all your ills, take Jeremiah Peabody's polyunsaturated, quick dissolving, fast acting, pleasant tasting, green and purple pills.

There are few sights more pleasant to the eye, than a wide cotton field when it is in the bloom. It presents an appearance of purity, like an immaculate expanse of light, new-fallen snow.

A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.

Women can instantly see through each other, and it's surprising how little they observe that's pleasant.

Curious learning not only makes unpleasant things less unpleasant but also makes pleasant things more pleasant.

skulduggery pleasant is the best book I've ever read and has enspired myself to become an author.

Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did.

Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They’re the only things we can pay.

I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.

So I find every pleasant spot In which we two were wont to meet, The field, the chamber, and the street, For all is dark where thou art not

It is so easy to believe in pleasant impossibilities.

No doubt the truth is hard to come by for those who do not like the sound of it - dreams and illusions are so much more pleasant.

My home was in a pleasant place outside of Philadelphia. But I really lived, truly lived, somewhere else. I lived within the covers of books.

Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.

When you have done the rashest thing in the world it is very pleasant to be told that no man of spirit could have acted otherwise.

My object is to save the world, while still leading a pleasant life.

It is pleasant to be admitted into the birth-chamber of a great idea destined to be translated into action.

Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.

I am conscious of the fact that the subject of hell is not a very pleasant one. It is very unpopular, controversial and misunderstood.... As a minister, I must deal with it. I cannot ignore it.

Shifting problems is the first rule for a long and pleasant life.

I am not generally regarded as a pleasant or socially minded fellow.

It won't be pleasant." "Nothing ever is.

I knew I really didn’t look that good, and that Edward Weston had glorified me, but it was a very pleasant thing to be glorified and I couldn’t wait to go back for more.

Oh England is a pleasant place for them that's rich and high, But England is a cruel place for such poor folks as I

It is always the way of events in this life,...no sooner have you got settled in a pleasant resting place, than a voice calls out to you to rise and move on, for the hour of repose is expired.

A man was like a child with his appetites. A woman had to yield him what he wanted, or like a child he would probably turn nasty and flounce away and spoil what was a very pleasant connection.

[The Devil's] laws are easy, and his gentle sway, Makes it exceeding pleasant to obey .

Bad circumstances have a way of ruining things that would otherwise be pleasant.

One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is, it really is quite pleasant.

Mostly, it's flattering to meet fans. As long as it's in a planned, professional meeting, rather than, say, someone dropping by my home, which is not as pleasant.

I'm not clean or even vaguely pleasant to be around in a domestic situation.

I still felt fondness for her - fondness, that pleasant, detached mix of admiration and sentiment, appreciation and nostalgia.

Speaking in front of a large crowd is not pleasant. Once it gets rolling, it's okay. But beforehand, it's murder.

If it's torture flying one airline and [yours] is a pleasant experience, it certainly helps your revenue.

"Please forgive me," Pleasant said, then aimed the gun at the girl and pulled the trigger.

Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with images.

Aberystwyth (n.) A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.