#pleasing

There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying. ↗

— Robert Mitchum

#just #people #pleasing #some #some people

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#almost #any #himself #honest #others

From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#derived #early #enjoyment #especially #form

There are few things more pleasing than the contemplation of order and useful arrangement. ↗

— Arthur Phillip

#contemplation #few #few things #more #order

In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#change #character #empowerment #love #men

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study? ↗

— Jane Austen

#attentions #delicacy #flattering #happy #i

To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials. ↗

— Richard Branson

#being #business #essentials #focusing #ideas

Following our inner guidance may feel risky and frightening at first, because we are no longer playing it safe, doing what we 'should' do, pleasing others, following rules, or deferring to outside authority. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#because #deferring #doing #feel #first

There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes. ↗

— John Updike

#dear #hearts #new #pleasing #rocks

Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in some way. But I really liked working hard. When I worked at Disneyland, I'd do 12 hours straight and go home thrilled. ↗

— Steve Martin

#disneyland #enjoyed #father #go #go home