How many thousands ... earnestly seeking what they do not want, while they neglect the real blessings in their possession -- I… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Individualism is a denial that life has any meaning except the gratification of the ego; in politics it must end in anarchy.… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Too old to plant trees for my own gratification, I shall do it for my posterity. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
By continually pushing the message that we have the right to gratification now, consumerism at its most expansive encouraged a demand for… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
I suggest that those groups whose culture and values stress delayed gratification - education, hard work, success, and ambition - are those… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
The animal tends to eat with his stomach, and the man with his brain. When the animal's stomach is full, he stops… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“Whatever you think you do well, do it. There is nothing better than feeling gratified.” — Mike McManus Copy Share Image
Grief is selfish. It is indulged in for self-gratification, not for love. Cosmic man knows the beauty and unreality of death. — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
Anyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicity; but to remain happy and contented… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
It takes patience to become the best runner you can be. Top athletes realize that running is a long-term sport. It is… — Anthony Famiglietti Copy Share Image
We are soldiers who devote ourselves to arms not for the invasion of other countries, but for the defense of our own,… — Nathanael Greene Copy Share Image
E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Over time we are able to undermine habitual modes of thinking formed by our self-made self in early childhood, which tries to… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
What does the frontal cortex do? Gratification postponement, executive function, long-term planning, and impulse control. Basically, it makes you do the harder… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
There is no waiting and no delayed gratification because yoga is both the means and the result, and the seed of all… — Donna Farhi Copy Share Image
Our novice runs the risk of failure without additional traits: a strong inclination toward originality, a taste for research, and a desire… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image
That part of the Englishman's nature which has found gratification in religion is now drifting into political life. — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
The artichoke above all is the vegetable expression of civilised living, of the long view, of increasing delight by anticipation and crescendo.… — Jane Grigson Copy Share Image
All children are born pure egoists. They perceive their needs to the exclusion of all others. Only through socialization do they learn… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
I know nothing which life has to offer so satisfying as the profound good understanding, which can subsist, after much exchange ofgood… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing. — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
Let us consider what we call vicious luxury. No gratification, however sensual, can of itself be esteemed vicious. A gratification is only… — David Hume Copy Share Image
