Delight Quotes

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let false delights of a deceptive world deceive you.

What matters is not your outward appearance. . . but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle gracious kind that God delights in.

Each moment is just what it is. It might be the only moment of our life; it might be the only strawberry we'll ever eat. We could get depressed about it, or we could finally appreciate it and delight in the preciousness of every single moment of our life.

It is no longer enough to satisfy your customers. You must delight them.

The happiness promised us in Christ does not consist in outward advantages-such as leading a joyous and peaceful life, having rich possessions, being safe from all harm, and abounding with delights such as the flesh commonly longs after. No, our happiness belongs to the heavenly life!

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.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

God is not in love with some future version of you. It’s not you tomorrow that He loves and delights in. It’s not you when you get your act together....If you believe that Christ’s love for you is a future love for you, then you dismiss the cross of Christ.

Oh! one hour with God infinitely exceeds all the pleasures and delights of this lower world.

Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight.

If we make God our heart's delight, we shall have our heart's desire.

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

Love overcomes, love delights, those who love the Sacred Heart rejoice.

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

God loves us NOT because we're lovable, because He is love. Not because He needs to receive, because He delights to give.

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!”

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.

Spread the seeds of encouragement far and wide, and delight in the bountiful harvest that they will surely bring.

Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.

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.

Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability. To trace the remote in the immediate; the eternal in the ephemeral; the past in the present; the infinite in the finite; these are to me the springs of delight and beauty.

To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love.