Enjoyment - Bible Quotes & Promises

Enjoyment	Bible Quotes & Promises - Inspirational & Famous Quotes -- Definitions & Meanings

Bible Quotes

There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,
(Ecclesiastes 2:24) ESV

Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.
(Ecclesiastes 5:18) ESV

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
(Ecclesiastes 11:9) ESV

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
(Luke 15:7) ESV

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
(John 16:24) ESV

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
(1 Timothy 6:17) ESV¹

Inspirational Quotes from Famous People

A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.
--Chuck Noll – American Coach Born 1932

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.
--Francois Fenelon – French Clergyman Born 1651 Died 1715

As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be a mere scene of unhappiness and sorrow.
--Joseph Butler – English Clergyman Born 1692 Died 1752

Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.
--Claude Debussy – French Composer Born 1862 Died 1918

But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning.
--Anna Neagle – English Actress Born 1904 Died 1986

Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.
--Paul Goodman – American Writer Born 1911 Died 1972

Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.
--Mason Cooley – American Writer Born 1927 Died 2002

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.
--Jean-Jacques Rousseau – French Philosopher Born 1712 Died 1778

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.
--David Rockefeller – American Businessman Born 1915

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
--Carl Friedrich Gauss – German Mathematician Born 1777 Died 1855

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
--Novalis – German Poet Born 1772 Died 1801

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
--Samuel Johnson – English Author Born 1709 Died 1784⁴