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He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.


Lord Chesterfield

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He Himself is pleased with His humble devotees, my Beloved Lord attaches them to Himself.
GURU GOBIND SINGH We're pleased people are so anxious to affiliate themselves with Boston.
CRAIG COY He went nicely and we were very pleased with him,
MICHAEL JARVIS We're pleased with the progress we're making.
BILLY HINES Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.
SAMUEL JOHNSON I was pleased with the girls. The first game we held with them for a while.
ALLISON SPENCE I've been pleased with the way Jordan is hitting. He makes a lot of contact.
BOBBY ROSS I'm really pleased with the progress that we're making.
MARGARET LARSON We're getting smarter. People don't realize we only start one senior. We got to get focused and keep...
BOBBY MARTIN The kids remained calm. I was pleased with the way they handled themselves.
CRAIG PITCHER Judson's a great kid. I'm real pleased with him.
JOE THORNTON If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. ....
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.
HELEN ROWLAND I'm very pleased with Zack's effort. Making all-conference is a great accomplishment.
CRAIG HILLIER He looked great. I'm really pleased with Wright.
GEORGE STEINBRENNER You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself.
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU I'm very pleased to have got the first two rounds out of the way,
RICHARD GASQUET I think people will be pleased with what we've scheduled.
GARY SANDERS Rush has done some top-notch quality work, and we're very, very pleased with them. We really enjoy w...
MARK RUSSELL This will give him the chance to play first-team football and we are pleased he will get that opport...
DAMIEN COMOLLI We couldn't be more pleased the Lord spared us,
DAN BURKE To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other peopl...
MAX BEERBOHM Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
ALEXANDER POPE We are all very pleased with the unanimous vote by the Senate.
RICHARD GETTY The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not ...
ANONYMOUS I wasn't pleased with our defense in the first half and I challenged them at halftime to come out an...
HEATH COWAN Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others...
SAMUEL JOHNSON I could not be happier with what the boys did. I was very pleased with them.
BRYAN PAVLISH Rush has done some top-notch quality work, and we're very, very pleased with them. We really enj...
MARK RUSSELL I was really pleased. I was very pleased to be honest. He could've done a lot more, but it was the f...
GERALD PERRY A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others as little pleased wi...
FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD I was pleased with that. The girls really knew they beat themselves in the Hebron game with errors b...
KAREN KALHOEFER They got out and performed really well today. I'm really pleased with them.
TOM ROBERTS I'm very pleased with being a part of the Bean Pole family. It's a relationship that makes s...
WENTWORTH MILLER We were pleased. We thought people did come to us first.
GAIL LAVIELLE Zac is playing way ahead of last year. I couldn't be more pleased with him right now. He's making al...
BOBBY ROSS If you like your brother and he's prospering, you'll be pleased for him.
HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA We're very pleased. We wouldn't be rolling out if we weren't pleased with our results.
GARY MUTO We're pleased with the auction.
BROOKLY MCLAUGHLIN While we are pleased with meeting our earnings targets for the quarter, we are even more pleased wit...
DANIEL P. BURNHAM I was very pleased with the answers I heard, ... He was very forthright.
SUSAN COLLINS The doctors were pleased with his recovery and decided he could go home.
KATIE RILEY Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
ALEXANDER POPE I'm really pleased with these young kids. We're gonna have to build off them.
CARTER JORDAN We're pleased that he selected us and we're honored to have him,
CHARLES CHAFER I was pleased with our run game and not pleased with the big plays we gave up in the passing game.
JAY HOPSON Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
ROBERT POLLOK His last piece of work was on Wednesday. I was very pleased with him. He is fresh and well and I am ...
FRANCOIS DOUMEN I was very pleased with Matt Smith's race, he put in extra effort and we might not have made it (to ...
JOE HUMASTI The Truest of the True is pervading everywhere; He instructs those with whom He is pleased.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB I was very pleased with that. We've been working a lot on passing and making good cuts to the ball.
LAURA PARO We are optimistic and pleased with where the governor stands with California voters. He looks forwar...
JULIE SODERLUND I was pleased with the intensity,
BOB CONNELLY We're really pleased with the results.
CHAD CONRAD For who is pleased with himself.
SAMUEL JOHNSON I was pleased with his demeanor.
TERRY FRANCONA I'm really pleased with this result.
TIM HENMAN I am pleased with the numbers,
RON SIMS I was so pleased with how well our team did, especially considering it was their first year.
KATHY VIK Now being in such grace and favor by reason I learned him some points of geometry and understanding ...
WILLIAM ADAMS He's getting better and better. He just has to learn to play lower, which he's working on. His hands...
MATT MILLEN People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with bad.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON We meet twice a week and average 13 people. I'm very pleased with that.
JACKIE DORWIN We were very pleased. We opened early, and people came to us first.
GAIL LAVIELLE We're pleased to have acquired him. The reason we targeted him on the first day of free agency was b...
CHARLEY CASSERLY I'm very pleased with him. Red-shirt freshmen will have good games and bad ones. We have to live wit...
AL LAVAN Those whose minds are pleased by the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har, are joyful in the palaces of the...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB I'm pleased with our progress we are making; we were able to play 16 players tonight and still come ...
LEN THIEDE Arthur felt happy. He was terribly pleased that the day was for once working out so much according t...
DOUGLAS ADAMS And he enjoined on his family prayer and almsgiving, and was one in whom his Lord was well pleased. ...
QURAN I was pretty pleased with the game,
ALAN CHADWICK I would not be pleased with you.
BOB LUTZ I was really pleased with my race.
ANDREW HURD We are very pleased with the outcome.
BLESSING MPHELA I was very pleased with the results.
STEVE WHITE I was very pleased with their effort.
EDDIE ROBINSON Overall, I was pleased with our performance.
CRAIG FAIRE We are extremely pleased with the outcome.
JAY PERRY We were real pleased with his performance.
KARY HADDEN I'm pleased with the way we played.
KYLE ELLINGSON When a person's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with them.
BIBLE The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others...
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with the bad.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with the bad.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON I'm pleased with my life, with the journey.
TINA TURNER To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other peo...
MAX BEERBOHM To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other peopl...
MAX BEERBOHM I was very, very pleased with Marcus Williams. I thought no one came in with more pressure on him th...
LUTE OLSON People from the area have told me that they are pleased to see the pupils wearing uniform and it mak...
EWAN AITKEN I wasn't pleased with the way they were playing and I told them they needed to pick up the intensity...
DEBBIE SKELLY He went there and worked over a mile and six furlongs with [jockey] Ruby Walsh. Liam Heard rode Le P...
PAUL NICHOLLS I couldn't have been more pleased with the way he started, it was a terrific effort.
DENIS PAGAN Adam was pleased with his race, he held on much longer than in the Olympic final.
GRAHAM BARTON We were pleased with the result and we got off to a real good start in the first half.
BILL FEHRENBACH We are pleased with the strong earnings growth and ROE (return on equity) of 23.9% in the first quar...
GORDON NIXON I've been pleased with what they've done so far, the group of them. The most notable of them is Carl...
TYRONE WILLINGHAM Brandon let the post get inside him one time, but to be honest with you he played well considering. ...
CARROLL MCCRAY Dani made very good step-by-step progress. He tried a qualifying tyre for the first time and he was ...
MAKOTO TANAKA She called them as she saw them, and sometimes she pleased one side and sometimes she pleased the ot...
JANINE GESKE The Lord knows that I could not open scripture; he must by his prophetical office open it unto me. S...
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