So Positive Psychology takes seriously the bright hope that if you find yourself stuck in the parking lot of life, with few… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
The byline is a replacement for many other things, not the least of them money. If someone ever does a great psychological… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
For me, self-gratification eventually took a backseat to trying to do something collaborative with other people, to trying to make something new. — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
“Self-discipline is often disguised as short-term pain, which often leads to long-term gains. The mistake many of us make is the need… — Charles F. Glassman Copy Share Image
Delayed gratification is the one thing we ignore these days. And if you delay it, it becomes more pleasurable later in life. — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
Love is not feeling, child, nor even the passion of lovers, which always seeks only its own gratification. It is the act… — Patricia Duncker Copy Share Image
Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
Numberless have been the systems of iniquity contrived by the great for the gratification of this passion in themselves; but in none… — John Adams Copy Share Image
There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
The only thing that matters is here and the only thing that matters is now. And America's inability to delay gratification is… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Delayed gratification is a sweet lesson whose teacher knows the best is not right now, it is yet to be. — Maximillian Degenerez Copy Share Image
You'd hope that no writing about music could supersede the music itself. But I do think that blogs mirror the way that… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
We live in a society right now which is the last phase of the ecosystem in terms of the old entertainment value,… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
Love is an appetite which, like all other appetites, is destroyed for the moment by its gratification. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience. — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
It is a gratification to me to know that I am ignorant of art... Because people who understand art find nothing in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The same practice was continued every evening through the whole course, and with the same success. Many individuals expressed their gratification at… — George Combe Copy Share Image
Until we have a natural, that is, a conscientious world, it cannot be known by experience what natural law will do for… — Joseph Cook Copy Share Image
As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as… — Judith Wright Copy Share Image
I always try to keep a positive perspective on what's valuable and the importance of restricting that immediate gratification and, most importantly,… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
I grew up very much an athlete and very much a swimmer and a dancer and a horse rider and surf lifesaving… — Sharni Vinson Copy Share Image
Being champion for me is gratification. The realisation that I am the best. Overall, I like being a leader, setting a good… — Kane Waselenchuk Copy Share Image
