Indulgence Quotes

• Anything that feels good couldn't possibly be bad.

  Angelina Jolie

  Feel Good, Feels, Self Indulgence

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• What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Lying, Men, Self

  Woodrow Wilson (1915). “When a man comes to himself”, p.35, Рипол Классик

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• A 'treat' is different from a 'reward', which must be justified or earned. A treat is a small pleasure or indulgence that we give to ourselves just because we want it. Treats give us greater vitality, which boosts self-control, which helps us maintain our healthy habits.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Self, Healthy Habits, Giving

  "What Are Your Treats? Do You Have Any That Don’t Look Like Treats?". gretchenrubin.com. March 24, 2014.

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• Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

  Judith Viorst

  Inspirational, Strength, Food

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• It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Women, Gossip, Pieces

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• Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Happiness, Loyalty

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.146, Penguin

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• I think it's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side of things. And as you get older, you want to focus on the positive.

  Rob Brydon

  Dark, Thinking, Focus

  "How Rob Brydon Learnt to Play Nice". Interview with John Preston, www.telegraph.co.uk. September 17, 2012.

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• The 12-step chocolate program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!

  Terry Moore

  Food, Yummy, Chocolate

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• I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is literally the only time I can be completely abstract and disconnected from the regular world and yet be connected - to my music.

  Rafael Vinoly

  Play, Piano, World

  "Classical Piano and Modern Design" by Robin Finn, www.nytimes.com. November 11, 2011.

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• If you give up on trying to change larger structures and just go off on what some would say is a personal indulgence or being a survivalist, it can be seen as incredibly negative or pessimistic. But the other way to think of it is this: through manifesting the way we live and acting as if it's normal, you're defending yourself against depression and dysfunction, but you're also providing a model that others can copy. And that is absolutely about bringing large-scale change.

  David Holmgren

  Giving Up, Thinking, Trying

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I drink sherry and wine by myself because I like it and I get the sensuous feeling of indulgence...luxury, bliss, erotic-tinged.

  Sylvia Plath

  Wine, Luxury, Erotic

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• Our greatest indulgence towards a man springs from our despair of him.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Spring, Men, Despair

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• Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

  Tom Robbins

  Self, Unhappy Person, Unhappiness

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Jitterbug Perfume”, p.261, Bantam

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• There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Self, Limits

  Mahatma Gandhi (1928). “Young India”

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• Indulgences, not fulfillment, is what the world Permits us.

  Christopher Fry

  World, Permit, Fulfillment

  Christopher Fry (2007). “Plays Three”, Oberon Books Limited

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• The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. When you're unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. You get to take yourself oh so very seriously.

  Tom Robbins

  Love, Dream, Cheer

  "Jitterbug Perfume". Book by Tom Robbins, 1984.

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• Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

  Jesse Jackson

  Inspirational, Life, Respect

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• Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

  Billy Graham

  Pride, Self, Sin

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• Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Happiness, Grief, Grieving

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.378, Delphi Classics

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• Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal.

  William Hazlitt

  Hatred, Littles, Indifference

  William Hazlitt (1870). “The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.177

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• Excessive indulgence to others, especially to children is in fact only self-indulgence under an alias.

  Augustus William Hare

  Children, Self, Facts

  Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1861). “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed”, p.161

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• My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

  Winston Groom

  Life, Motivational, Movie

  "Fictional character: Forrest Gump". "Forrest Gump", www.imdb.com. 1994.

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• I love to have a bath with beautiful, relaxing music on and have no rush to do anything. It's a wonderful indulgence, and it helps me to calm down and stop my mind running overtime.

  Kylie Minogue

  Beautiful, Running, Mind

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• There's nothing better than a good, blind referee.

  Bobby Heenan

  Easter, Yummy, Cycling

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• I didn't want to spent a lot of close time with someone who believed that fun is a bourgeois indulgence.

  Howard Zinn

  Fun, Want, Bourgeois

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