Delight Quotes - Page 6

Prayer is not a means for us to persuade a reluctant God to do something which is against His better judgment. Prayer, rather is coming to God for the fulfillment of His will, coming to a God who delights to answer prayer.

I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that the delicate motion should reside in all the things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it.

God's love, and hence the love with which we come to love God, is eros and agape at once: a desire for the other that delights in the distance of otherness.

The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance.

There is a certain unique and strange delight about walking down an empty street alone.

True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.

If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.

Close interaction with farmers and scientists can expose the chef to new flavours that can be used to delight diners.

The delights of sight and hearing and touch will bear thy delight.

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.

To be looked upon as a fool by an idiot is a true connoisseur's delight.

Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.

I flush with heaving passion's strange delight, Yet find contentment lost in appetite.

Instead of working so hard to prove the skeptics wrong, it makes a lot more sense to delight the true believers. They deserve it, after all, and they're the ones that are going to spread the word for you.

Delight in the little things.

I can't imagine any one more delightful to sit and talk with about movies on a regular basis.

What a delightful thing this perspective is!

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear.

Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite makes eating a delight.

Unless men see a beauty and delight in the worship of God, they will not do it willingly.

To withdraw from creatures and repose with Jesus in the Tabernacle is my delight; there I can hide myself and seek rest. There I find a life which I cannot describe, a joy which I cannot make others comprehend, a peace such as is found only under the hospitable roof of our best Friend.

Companies should always want to delight their customers.

Not by appointment do we meet Delight And Joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner in the streets of life, They, on a sudden, clasp us with a smile.

Gene Wilder characters wanted to be calm, but to the great delight of audiences, they rarely succeeded.

Express your creativity. Delight in the mystery of your inner muse.