Men have conceived a twofold use of sleep; it is a refreshing of the body in this life, and a preparing of the soul for the next. - John Donne
The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above the conceptions, as well as the descriptions, of those in health. - Ann Radcliffe
[Home educator] take time during the holidays to catch your breath and enjoy homeschooling in a new, refreshing way (and to learn the value of bookmarks like I did.☺) - Tamara L. Chilver
I have been writing now for over a week. I find it cleansing, refreshing; it is good for me. (p.531) - Storm Constantine
Be real, rare, refreshing you! Fan the flames of self love and ignite your light! - Amy Leigh Mercree
Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating! - Leo Buscaglia
The discovery of this strange society was a curiously refreshing thing; to realize that there were ten new trades in the world was like looking at the first ship or the first plough. It made a man feel what he should feel, that he was still in the childhood of the world. - G. K. Chesterton
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, and snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. - John Ruskin
Honesty: what a refreshing slap in the face it is. - T. M. Brenner
It is refreshing, and salutary, to study the poise and quietness of Christ. His task and responsibility might well have driven a man out of his mind. But He was never in a hurry, never impressed by numbers, never a slave of the clock. - J.B. Phillips
Art is the refreshing source of existence. - Kristian Goldmund Aumann
Always polish the dirt for a refreshing start and seek out to build new mental structures that can help you to become rejuvenated. - Saaif Alam
Like a fountain of refreshing water in the dusty, dry desert streets, a heart God fills with His love ministers life and health. - Elizabeth George