Quotes about Pleasure

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

One advantage of not being in power is that we can dream of reshaping the world exactly as we please.

Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile.

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.

We go on in our pleasures thinking they're going to last forever.

W]hen the pleasure is at the sweetest, death is the nearest (461)[.]

The work of God needs to be done. Souls must not perish while you give your attention to your worldly business or worldly pleasure, take your ease, or quarrel with your brethren.

If you must needs have your pleasures, you should not have put yourselves into that calling that requireth you to make God and His service your pleasure, and restraineth you so much from fleshly pleasures.

word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;

Knowing and loving God is our greatest privilege, and being known and loved is God's greatest pleasure.

Bringing enjoyment to God, living for his pleasure, is the first purpose of your life. When you fully understand this truth, you will never again have a problem with feeling insignificant. It proves your worth. If you are that important to God, and he considers you valuable enough to keep with him for eternity, what greater significance could you have?

Nothing matters more than knowing God's purposes for your life, and nothing can compensate for not knowing them — not success, wealth, fame, or pleasure. Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. Without a purpose, life is trivial, petty, and pointless.