Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Pleasure Quotes
JoyLovePleasure Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.
BalanceHappinessModerationPleasureSelf-Control The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
AmusementsDevotionPleasureReligionSociety Those who are devoted to amusements; who love the society of those who love pleasure, have an aversion to religious exercises.
AuthenticityHappinessJoyPleasure I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
FalsityIgnoranceInconstancyPleasureVanity The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.
Financial SuccessIncomePleasure Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
Culinary ArtsFoodPleasureSatisfactionTaste Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: 'Is it good? Does it give pleasure?'
EnjoymentPleasureSimplicity Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.
AchievementConflictPleasureResilienceVictory There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.
AuthenticityEnjoyment of FoodIndividualityPleasureSelf-Expression I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure of a bloody hunk of steak or a pungent French cheese because of some outdated nonsense about what's appropriate or attractive.
AnticipationFearPleasurePsychologySuffering If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
BalanceModerationPleasureSelf-Control If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
CarefreePleasureSuccess Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
AsceticismHistoryPleasurePowerReligion Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.
BeautyNaturePleasure The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.
CommitmentDriveHabitPassionPleasure Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure, only death can stop it.
CultureDaily LifeFoodPleasureTradition The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as an experience to be collected or bragged about - or as a ritual like filling up a car - but as something else that gives pleasure, like sex or music, or a good nap in the afternoon.
ConsequenceModerationPleasureSuffering The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.
ContentmentEnjoymentPleasure You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
ChildhoodGrowthLiteratureNostalgiaPleasure Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is 'Treasure Island?' These are masterpieces which we read with pleasure as children, but with how much more pleasure when we are grown-up.
Conflict ResolutionHarmonyNonviolencePeacePleasure There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
