Satisfaction Quotes

1419 Satisfaction quotes by 1014 unique authors

It would be better if there were nothing. Since there is more pain than pleasure on earth, every satisfaction is only transitory, creating new desires… — Arthur Schopenhauer
For me, Art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sort of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A… — Toni Morrison
Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want. — Jim Rohn
This is what you learned in college," the narrator tells you early on. "A man desires the satisfaction of his desire; a woman desires the… — Pam MuÃ±oz Ryan
Modern man has transformed himself into a commodity; he experiences his life energy as an investment with which he should make the highest profit, considering… — Erich Fromm
I want to say somewhere: I've tried to be forgiving. And yet. There were times in my life, whole years, when anger got the better… — Nicole Krauss
The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and… — Pope John Paul II
Faith is not Desire. Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas Will is a force. Will changes the space around… — Paulo Coelho
They luxuriated in the feeling of deep and all pervading satisfaction, a feeling of knowing absolutely that all was well with the world and them… — Hubert Selby, Jr.
Life, as we find it, is too hard for us; it brings us too many pains, disappointments and impossible tasks. In order to bear it… — Sigmund Freud
To Trin Tragula's horror, the shock completely annihilated her brain; but to his satisfaction he realized that he had proved conclusively that if life is… — Douglas Adams
The future teachers I try to recruit are those show have refused to let themselves be neutered in this way, either in their private lives… — Jonathan Kozol
There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous pride that accompanies… — Michel de Montaigne
A writer with her work needs to be like a dog with a bone all the time. She needs to know where she's hidden it.… — Dani Shapiro
Upon the whole, therefore, she found, what has been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had looked forward with impatient desire, did… — Jane Austen
People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more,… — Paulo Coelho
The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically… — Mark Twain
Ghastly," continued Marvin, "it all is. Absolutely ghastly. Just don't even talk about it. Look at this door," he said, stepping through it. The irony… — Douglas Adams
Come on,” he droned, “I’ve been ordered to take you down to the bridge. Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they… — Douglas Adams
I think to feel this happy is to be miserable, to feel this much satisfaction is to burn. — Anne Rice
That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and customs, does not disprove the fact of the oppressions, while… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. My hunger to climb… — Jon Krakauer
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want. — Madonna Ciccone
Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is not an easy… — Brandon Sanderson
He leant his two elbows on his knees, and his chin on his hands and remained rapt in dumb meditation. On my inquiring the subject… — Emily Bronte

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