Delight Quotes
Delight Quote of the day
Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.
What matters is not your outward appearance. . . but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle gracious kind that God delights in.
Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.
The letters don't get their true delight, when done in haste & discomfort, nor merely done with diligence & pain, but first when they are created with love and passion.
Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
True repentance will entirely change you; the bias of your souls will be changed, then you will delight in God, in Christ, in His Law, and in His people.
Oh! one hour with God infinitely exceeds all the pleasures and delights of this lower world.
To be wild is not to be crazy or psychotic. True wildness is a love of nature, a delight in silence, a voice free to say spontaneous things, and an exuberant curiosity in the face of the unknown.
O Beloved of Hearts, I beseech only You. Have pity this day on those who turn to You. My Hope, my Rest, my Delight, this heart can love none other but You.
It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
The Ladybug wears no disguises. She is just what she advertises. A speckled spectacle of spring, A fashion statement on the wing.... A miniature orange kite. A tiny dot-to-dot delight.
I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools.
War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.
The early Christians did not say, in dismay, 'Look what the world has come to,' but, in delight, 'Look what has come to the world!”
God loves us NOT because we're lovable, because He is love. Not because He needs to receive, because He delights to give.
In the time of your life, live—so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it."
Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. So learn to love and give, and not to expect anything from others.
My compositions spring from my sorrows. Those that give the world the greatest delight were born of my deepest griefs.
The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight
Spread the seeds of encouragement far and wide, and delight in the bountiful harvest that they will surely bring.
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
God expects you not simply to face the future; He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities.
Our planet is poorly equipped for delight. One must snatch gladness from the days that are. In this life it's not difficult to die. To make life is more difficult by far.
I loved this smart, funny, big-hearted novel. As hilarious and wise as early Philip Roth, The Mathematician's Shiva will delight and move you.
I will make you brooches and toys for your delight Of bird-song at morning and star-shine at night. I will make a palace fit for you and me Of green days in forests and blue days at sea.
There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in.
There is iconoclasm in the excessively intellectual, and they delight in destroying their dearest moral or sentimental idols, the better to prove their strength.
Power is God's hand or arm, omniscience is God's eye, mercy is God's delight, eternity is God's duration, but holiness is God's beauty!
I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.
By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.
Unfortunately, nature seems unaware of our intellectual need for convenience and unity, and very often takes delight in complication and diversity.
You must torment people with your artistic delight, scaring mother and grandmother in the middle of the night.
The moon, like a flower in heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.
No one can be a good Christian who does not with holy zeal set out to know, delight in, and live by the Word of God!
When Elvis made his mass-media debut on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' - his notorious gyrations filmed only from the waist up - I fell off the family chaise longue with delight.
Strange to say what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition.
One thing that never ceases to delight me about us women, is the friendship and support that we give each other.
