Satisfaction is the end of success

Give me, indulgent gods with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate,…

— Edward Young

Life as we know it is fundamentally unsatisfying. I think most folks feel this to be true. They know that a life of aimless…

— Michael Yates

“Without passion and satisfaction, there is nothing to make happiness last.”

— ANIKOR Daniel

Stop chasing the things you want and embrace all that you already have.

— Anonymous

Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction.

— Sherwin B. Nuland

With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his…

— David McCullough

If you can find as much happiness at the bottom of the ladder of success as you can at the top, then you understand…

— Tom Krause

You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a…

— Albert Einstein

The structure of the Swiss ruling class is rock-hard, and unchanged since the time of Napoleon. They sit on their mountains and lecture the…

— Jean Ziegler

Your only hope of satisfying others is in satisfying yourself. I speak of a great satisfaction, not a commercial satisfaction.

— Robert Henri

Getting a burp out of your little thing when she needs it is probably the greatest satisfaction I've come across at this point in…

— Brad Pitt

Marriage is meant to be more about your surrender than about your satisfaction.

— Scott Means

One moment of gratification is not worth a lifetime of being unhappy.

— Anonymous

When I see my movies on the editing table, I do think I could have done them a certain way. The satisfaction is never…

— Sajid Nadiadwala

The WPA was one of the most productive elements of FDR's alphabet soup of agencies because it put people to work building roads, bridges,…

— Ronald Reagan