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Quotes having the keyword Amiable
For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.
by Mary Astell (Writer, English , born in 1666) keywords: amiable, being, beloved, best, cannot, certainly, higher, love, most, pleasure, than , think Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all.
by Paul Begala (Journalist, American , born in 1961) keywords: again, amiable, effect, had, his, last, months, national, out, policy, presence, presidency, president, ranch, reagan , sort People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
by Samuel Butler (Poet, British , born in 1835) keywords: amiable, being, care, clever, either, good, more, taste, than , thought Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
by George Byron (Poet, Scottish , born in 1788) keywords: amiable, discernment, finding, great, her, merit, mine, nothing , out Her great merit is finding out mine - there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
by Lord Byron (Poet, British , born in 1970) keywords: amiable, discernment, finding, great, her, merit, mine, nothing , out The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.
by John W. Gardner (Educator, American , born in 1912) keywords: amiable, every, excellence, free, goal, highest, idea, implies, life, man, mediocrity, nation, phase, set, standards, stands, striving, survive, themselves, which , will Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do, and renders us amiable in every Station, and thro' every Stage of Life.
by Eliza Haywood (Novelist, British , born in 1693) keywords: admiration, amiable, attracts, beauties, charm, every, gives, greatest, lasting, life, most, renders, say, stage, station, thing, thro, us , which All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.
by Charles Inglis (Clergyman, Canadian , born in 1734) keywords: affections, amiable, dark, exerted, laid, malevolent, mild, passions, principles, prostrate, roused, soul, suppressed, them , virtuous There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.
by Samuel Johnson (Author, English , born in 1709) keywords: amiable, indeed, life, much, nothing, passing, reason, thought, vigilance , woman In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.
by John Henry Newman (Clergyman, British , born in 1801) keywords: amiable, dominion, genius, hero, love, must, organizing, powerful, rules, strong , world Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be very amiable for all that, since he would have uncommon good sense.
by Charles Perrault (Author, French , born in 1628) keywords: amiable, birth, disputed, fairy, form, good, had, his, however, human, long, misshapen, once, queen, said, sense, since, son, time, ugly, uncommon, upon, very, whether , would
