Able Quote by Ann Landers

Were talking about an attitude. Delayed gratification is there, planning, be able to give up something now to get something later.

— Joe Hill

In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that…

— Steven Pressfield

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the…

— Brian Tracy

The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.

— Pliny the Elder

Consuming less and creating more. It means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and deciding for you. It means learning to respect…

— Melchor Lim

The ability to delay gratification has implications not only for a person's life, but also for a community, for a people, for a country.

— Joachim de Posada

“Most of us don’t respond well to delayed gratification; we are much more interested in immediate rewards. This is why we procrastinate, fail to…

— Uri Gneezy

Patience expands your options. If you insist on immediate gratification, your choices are severely limited.

— Ralph Marston

It is a mere illusion that, above a certain income, the personal desires will be satisfied and leave a wider margin for the generous…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort

— Daniel Goleman

“Delaying gratification is one of the most rewarding human pleasures. In almost all cases, the anticipation of an enjoyable experience is as pleasurable as…

— Karen Amanda Hooper

“Prefer enduring satisfaction to immediate gratification.”

— Epictetus