Gratification Quotes

256 quotes by 228 authors

Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure. — Ezra Taft Benson
Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service. — Julian Bond
I think we're all hooked, I feel my own hook-ness on immediate gratification you know. I want what I want. — Jeff Bridges
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. — Miguel de Cervantes
Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and… — M. Scott Peck
There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than… — Eddie Rickenbacker
life is of no value but as it brings gratifications. among the most valuable of these is rational society. it informs the mind, sweetens the… — Thomas Jefferson
There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand. — Michel de Montaigne
The good life is using your signature strengths every day to produce authentic happiness and abundant gratification. — Martin Seligman
To become grateful, I must learn that I can handle disappointment and delayed gratification with grace and perseverance. This is why practices such as fasting… — John Ortberg
The world today speaks a great deal about love, and it is sought by many. But the pure love of Christ differs greatly from what… — Ezra Taft Benson
In retrospect, all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called, licking the earth. — Malcolm Muggeridge
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Our novice runs the risk of failure without additional traits: a strong inclination toward originality, a taste for research, and a desire to experience the… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable… — Brian Tracy
There is a cowardly propensity in the human heart that delights in oppressing somebody else, and in the gratification of this base desire we always… — James T. Rapier
Until we have a natural, that is, a conscientious world, it cannot be known by experience what natural law will do for the gratification of… — Joseph Cook
Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none — David Brainerd

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