To be a true hero you must be a true Christian. To sum up then, heroism is largely based on two qualities- truthfulness and unselfishness, a readiness to put one's own pleasures aside for that of others, to be courteous to all, kind to those younger ...
Almost every sin is committed for the sake of sensual pleasure; and sensual pleasure is overcome by hardship and distress arising either voluntarily from repentance, or else involuntarily as a result of some salutary and providential reversal. ‘For...
[after Carlos has a quarrel with Consuelo] John T. Chance: You take chances, my friend. Carlos Robante: Because I know woman. If she will be mad or she will be sorry - if it is 'mad', she will be much pleasure to make right; and if she is 'sorry', it...
He takes no pleasure in human tears. He came and wept that He might stop forever the fountain of human tears. He came and bereaved His mother that He might heal all bereavement. He came and lost everything that He might heal the wounds that we have f...
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
I find pleasure in things that are simple.
Happiness is pleasure without regret
No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah.
A good woman is a pleasured treasure.
Some of the most memorable, and least regrettable, nights of my own youth were spent in coon hunting with farmers. There is no denying that these activities contributed to the economy of farm households, but a further fact is that they were pleasures...
In the very act of writing I felt pleased with what I did. There was the pleasure of having words come to me, and the pleasure of ordering them, re-ordering them, weighing one against another. Pleasure also in the imagination of the story, the feelin...
Foulfellow: [he and Gideon have "diagnosed" Pinocchio's "condition"] My boy, you are *allergic.* Pinocchio: Allergic? Foulfellow: Yes, and there is only one cure: a vacation on Pleasure Island! Pinocchio: Pleasure Island? Foulfellow: Yes! [ge and Gid...
The pleasure of reading is the greatest solitude.
Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.
Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.
Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures.
If it ain't a pleasure, it ain't a poem.
We are all the fruits of pleasure's toil.
Buying is a profound pleasure.
