Ability Quote by Brian Tracy

“It seems that the one characteristic most closely correlated with success in life, which has persisted over the decades, is the ability to delay…

— Michio Kaku

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

— Daniel Goleman

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

— Ralph Marston

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

— Joe Hill

“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

It means being able to resist the urge for immediate gratification and opt for the course of action that will pay off later.

— Ann Landers

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

“Rewards of the Self Finally, there are the variable rewards we seek for a more personal form of gratification. We are driven to conquer…

— Nir Eyal

“Prefer enduring satisfaction to immediate gratification.”

— Epictetus

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.

— Anonymous

Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification, but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort, is necessarily shallow. Meaningful achievement…

— Mark Twight

“Every time you sit down to work, remind yourself: I am delaying gratification by doing this. I am passing the marshmallow test. I am…

— Ryan Holiday