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Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.
Charles Spurgeon
Whatever a man relies on, whatever shapes his thought processes, whatever controls his emotions, whatever brings him the most joy, is his deity.
2.
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.
Clare of Assisi
'Our toil here is fleeting, but the recompense is everlasting. Do not be intimidated by the commotion of the world, which vanishes like a phantom. Do not let beguiling gratifications of an illusory realm mislead you.'
3.
What matters is not your outward appearance. . . but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle gracious kind that God delights in.
Saint Peter
"Cherish the beauty of your soul, a kindness and goodness that brings joy to the divine."
4.
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.
Pema Chodron
5.
It is no longer enough to satisfy your customers. You must delight them.
Philip Kotler
Achieve customer euphoria.
6.
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!
John Calvin
7.
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.
W. Somerset Maugham
'We are foolish to assume anything is everlasting, yet even more so if we do not bask in its presence while it lasts.'
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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.
Matt Chandler
9.
Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.
Charles Dickens
Delight in joy when it arrives.
10.
Oh! one hour with God infinitely exceeds all the pleasures and delights of this lower world.
David Brainerd
'A single moment communing with the Almighty surpasses all the joys and contentment this life has to offer.'
11.
Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight.
John Ruskin
12.
If we make God our heart's delight, we shall have our heart's desire.
T. B. Joshua
13.
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
Mencius
14.
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.
Robert Frost
16.
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!”
E. Stanley Jones
17.
God loves us NOT because we're lovable, because He is love. Not because He needs to receive, because He delights to give.
C. S. Lewis
18.
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.
Meher Baba
19.
Spread the seeds of encouragement far and wide, and delight in the bountiful harvest that they will surely bring.
Ralph Marston
20.
Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.
William Blake
21.
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
George Henry Lewes
22.
To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
J. B. Priestley
23.
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.
H. P. Lovecraft
24.
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.
Jeffrey R. Holland
25.
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.
Vladimir Mayakovsky
26.
There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in.
Gerald Durrell
27.
There is iconoclasm in the excessively intellectual, and they delight in destroying their dearest moral or sentimental idols, the better to prove their strength.
Paul Bourget
28.
Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God.
John Piper
29.
I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world. I want only God's bread, which is the Flesh of Jesus Christ, formed of the seed of David, and for drink I crave His Blood which is love that cannot perish.
Ignatius of Antioch
30.
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.
Emanuel Lasker
32.
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!
Stephen Charnock
33.
What do I advise? Forget it all. Don't be afraid. Do what you get the most pleasure from. Is it to build a cloud chamber? Then go on doing things like that. Develop your talents wherever they may lead. Damn the torpedoes - full speed ahead!If you have any talent,or any occupation that delights you,do it, and do it to the hilt
Richard P. Feynman
34.
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!
John R. Rice
36.
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.
John Lahr
37.
To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.
Arthur Schopenhauer
38.
I love the vast surface of silence; and it is my chief delight to break it.
Carl Nielsen
39.
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
Plutarch
40.
The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer.
Carl Linnaeus
41.
The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.
John Charles Polanyi
42.
Truth sees God, and wisdom contemplates God, and from these two comes a third, a holy and wonderful delight in God, who is love.
Julian of Norwich
43.
A true love for God must begin with a delight in His holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this.
Jonathan Edwards
44.
For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.
William Blake
45.
Books delight us when prosperity smiles upon us; they comfort us inseparably when stormy fortune frowns on us.
Richard de Bury
46.
It is in recognizing the actual presence of God that we find prayer no longer a chore, but a supreme delight.
James Gordon Lindsay
47.
JIBO isn't an appliance, it's a companion, one that can interact and react with its human owners in ways that delight instead of disturb.
Lance Ulanoff
48.
Whenever you're working towards something greater than yourself, it's almost a selflessness that the Lord delights in when you're serving your teammate or your friend or your sister in Christ.
Tobin Heath
49.
If you take a single step toward positive change, that divine energy will take a hundred steps toward you. New worlds and unbelievable possibilities will open up for you. The synchronicities that will begin appearing in your life will become a source of delight and amazement.
Joan Z. Borysenko
50.
We don't honor just to get a reward; we honor because it is the heart of God, and it is our delight.
John Bevere