Best 527 quotes in «satisfaction quotes» category

The earnestness of life is the only passport to satisfaction of life.

The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. And so the shallow satisfaction of having is always replaced by more wanting.

The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]

The greatest satisfaction, I think, is when a building opens and the public possesses it and you cut the umbilical cord and you see it taking on its own life. There’s no greater satisfaction.

The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites.

The journey, not the arrival, matters; the voyage, not the landing.

The joy a person is usually seen to express at the conversion of another to his opinion is seldom more than the impulse of egotistical satisfaction at being considered worthy of didactic imitation.

The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others.

The poet, the painter, the sculptor, the musican, the architect, seek each to concentrate this radiance of the world on one point, and each in his several work to satisfy the love of beauty which stimulates him to produce.

The meager satisfaction that man can extract from reality leaves him starving.

The only true satisfaction we can seek is the satisfaction of being obedient to the Lord.

The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain extent, in poetry, far more readily attainable in prose.

The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.

The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.

The range of socially permissible and desirable satisfaction is greatly enlarged, but through this satisfaction, the Pleasure Principle is reduced deprived of the claims which are irreconcilable with the established society. Pleasure, thus adjusted, generates submission.

The qualities we possess should never be a matter for satisfaction, but the qualities we have discarded.

There is a certain clinical satisfaction in seeing just how bad things can get.

There are many satisfactions in public architecture but one of the greatest is the moment when you unveil a project and suddenly a group of adults

There is a certain pleasure in weeping; grief finds in tears both a satisfaction and a cure.

There is a stage in any misery when the victim begins to find a deep satisfaction in it.

There is a remedy for every wrong and a satisfaction for every soul.

There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him.

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.

There is no greater satisfaction for a just and well-meaning person than the knowledge that he has devoted his best energies to the service of the good cause.

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen. Other pleasures fail us or wound us while they charm, but the pen we take up rejoicing and lay down with satisfaction, for it has the power to advantage not only its lord and master, but many others as well, even though they be far away - sometimes, indeed, though they be not born for thousands of years to come.

There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

There is nothing glamorous in what I do. I'm a working man. Perhaps I’m luckier than most in that I receive considerable satisfaction from doing useful work which I, and sometimes others, think is good.

There is, of course, no joy so great as the cessation of pain; in fact all joy, active or passive, is the cessation of some pain, since it must be the satisfaction of a longing, even perhaps an unconscious longing.

There's no satisfaction without a struggle first.

There is satisfaction in seeing one's household prosper; in being both bountiful and provident.

There's a certain satisfaction in a little bit of pain.

There's always a crisis somewhere, and you get the satisfaction of solving the problem. And then, there's always the mystery of whether a program will work or not, and waiting for the reviews or seeing what the audience figures are.

There's gotta be more to life than chasing down every temporary high to satisfy me.

There's huge satisfaction in that, but I've got to credit all the doctors and trainers in Cleveland.

There's the paradox of making pop music when you're in your 50s. People weren't meant to be doing that originally and yet they are. Mick Jagger [used to say] we're not going to be doing Satisfaction when I'm in a wheelchair.

There's such a feeling of satisfaction when something you imagined turned into something real.

There's so much pressure put on relationships to deliver the satisfaction of life. And to me, that is just not the answer. I feel like it should be something in addition to what you love or be a part of that.

The satisfaction comes from working next to 500 photographers and coming away with something different.

The satisfaction you get when you finally beat your dad is amazing, that rush of adrenaline.

The satisfaction comes because you work hard and it pays off. It is not as glamorous as I thought it would be, but, you know, I appreciate it more than I ever knew I would, and I love it more than I ever knew I would.

The sugary taste of satisfaction is bliss.

The test of policy is how it ends, not how it begins. Foreign policy is the art of establishing priorities. Demonization is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one. The test is not absolute satisfaction but balanced dissatisfaction.

The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say.

We are never satisfied with having done well; and in endeavoring to do better, we do much worse.

The writers job is like solving a puzzle, and finally arriving at a solution is a tremendous satisfaction.

They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.

This society turns everything it touches into a potential source of progress and exploitation, of drudgery and satisfaction, of freedom and of oppression.

Those whose primary concern is to destroy others are at the lowest level of development. Those who are only interested in their own satisfaction are farther along. Those who both do things for their own satisfaction and the satisfaction of others are even father along. Then there are saints who just constantly live for the welfare of others.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer: but he whose life has passed without a contest, and who can boast neither success nor merit, can survey himself only as a useless filler of existence; ad if he is content with his own character, must owe his satisfaction to insensibility.