“There’s gratification in abstaining from the easy choice. Instant gratification can bring more suffering than pleasure. If I do the hard thing,… — Cecily Wang Copy Share Image
When you cut human beings down to size, we're really quite simple creatures; food, shelter, warmth, light, heat and you build it… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
The greatest gratification that I get to work with these hands is that when I come out and I go to the… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement,… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
Being on stage is, like, my favorite. The immediate gratification. That's my favorite. — Tiffany Haddish Copy Share Image
Patience is a godly attribute that can heal souls, unlock treasures of knowledge and understanding, and transform ordinary men and women into… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
The ability to delay gratification has implications not only for a person's life, but also for a community, for a people, for… — Joachim de Posada Copy Share Image
The key to lasting happiness and real pleasure in this world is not found in seeking gratification, but in pleasing God. And… — Francis Frangipane Copy Share Image
“In love as as in speculation there is much filth; in love also, people think only of their own gratification; yet without… — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew. — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
Everyone wants instant gratification: you have to have everything your parents had right away. — Jim Flaherty Copy Share Image
It may be observed in general that the future is purchased by the present. It is not possible to secure distant or… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
... religion (ought to be if it isn't) a great deal more than mere gratification of the instinct for worship linked with… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
“She, however, attentively watched my looks, and her artist's pride was gratified, no doubt, to read my heartfelt admiration in my eyes.” — Anne Brontë Copy Share Image
If men are discharged of reverence for ancient usage, they will treat this world, almost certainly, as if it were their private… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Embrace fanaticism. Harness joie de vivre by pursuing insane interests, consuming passions, and constant sources of gratification that do not depend on… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
I just feel that music is a great life because it's very rewarding. It's a gratification. You do this for yourself, and… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible… — Taylor Hackford Copy Share Image
It’s waiting that helps you as an investor, and a lot of people just can’t stand to wait. If you didn’t get… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I do music because I can just pick up my guitar and sing, and completely satisfy, instant gratification. I don't need a… — Jeremy Renner Copy Share Image
It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live than to be loved by them; and… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will, used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification, to… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
