Pleasing Quotes

Pleasing Quote of the day

So here is what it comes down to: the ultimate choice in life is between pleasing ourselves and pleasing God.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

I'm not interested in meeting people's expectations, and I'm not interested in pleasing people.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become.

You must concentrate on pleasing God alone, and if He is pleased, you must be pleased.

You can't worry about pleasing other people; you have to please yourself.

You can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself.

Trying to please others before pleasing God is inverting the first and second great commandments.

To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others.

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.

Don't conform for the sake of pleasing others. Mold yourself into the person that you want to be.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

You can't please everyone... If you make a good movie, that's all that matters.

If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself

Listen, God loves everything you love, and a mess of stuff you don't.

In this life you sometimes have to choose between pleasing God and pleasing man. - In the long run, it's better to please God - he's more apt to remember.

You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone.

The great difficulty is that you cannot be nice. If you want to take back the power, you have to behave in ways that are not conforming and will not be about pleasing other people.

Be known for pleasing others, especially if you govern them. Ruling other has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone else.

I think it's really important to follow your intuition and gut, and try not to do things just for the sake of pleasing other people.

People pleasing doesn't allow you to receive.

An effort made with ourselves for the good of others, with the intention of pleasing God alone.

I suppose my life has always been about pleasing people, making sure theyre all right, doing the right thing. Then, suddenly, you have to face up to what you want and be honest about it.

A man's fortune is frequently decided by his first address. If pleasing, others at once conclude he has merit; but if ungraceful, they decide against him.

I'm passionate about pleasing people.

We need to create a new revolution, and to do that, don’t waste your life: stop pleasing people, and become who you always wanted to be.

You are unshakable, the Lord is your rock, and redeemer, when the words of your mouth and the meditation of your heart are pleasing before Him. Psalm 9:14

Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.

Eloquence.— We need both what is pleasing and what is real, but that which pleases must itself be drawn from the true.

Those who positively matter in your life, would never dare you to go out of your way to please them and displease yourself.

Never seek to please anyone. Seek to evolve thyself.

Don't go into the business of pleasing people. You can't please everybody. Simply do your best at what you do

I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)

The increased desire to please God and seek HIS approval will decrease the desire to seek approval from man.

To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.

Don’t always deprive yourself trying to please others

The more you try to please people, the more they get control of you and you'll end up hurting yourself.

Be concerned with pleasing thy Creator.

You can never please people enough. But you can only be yourself.

Every one of us will have situations in life where we must choose between pleasing people and our calling

God knows who you are! God knows why you are here! Don’t live a different you! Don't disappoint God!

We cannot please all men but we can be a blessing to many.

Do only work that matters, and you will end up pleasing those who are important enough to care about it.

I know, not everyone will like what I write, but writing is not about trying to please everybody.

People-pleasers feel they must constantly be performing acts of service to others to gain acceptance. That requires a lot of work, effort, and energy. From the book: Removing Your Shame Label.

Don't try to impress a loser because If one is not happy about the things happening in their life, one cannot be happy about the things happening in someone else's life.

If you see me standing on my head, I'm trying to cheer you up with my frown. I need my honesty, you my pleasantry.

If they were there for you when you had nothing, they are the ones worth having now. If they only notice you because of what you have gained, are they worth having at all?

When you engage in people pleasing you are out of integrity with yourself, your goals, your dreams and your life’s mission.