Self Satisfaction Quotes

49 quotes by 44 authors

On any Tuesday morning, if asked, a good working scientist will tell you with some self-satisfaction that the affairs of his field are nicely in… — Lewis Thomas
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. — Mahatma Gandhi
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. — Elbert Hubbard
The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not. — George Michael
You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it… — Steve Prefontaine
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. — E. O. Wilson
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable… — John Wooden
...boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson in your life--...the lesson of your utter insignificance. It… — Joseph Brodsky
If I were a first rate writer, I wouldn't mind a bit. What does depress me is this: it is so desperately hard and so… — Martha Gellhorn
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
Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction. — Arthur Conan Doyle
The really wonderful moments of joy in this world are not the moments of self-satisfaction, but self-forgetfulness. Standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon… — John Piper
As Confucius once said, 'He who does nothing is the one who does nothing.'" Gabby pondered the words, the furrowed her brow. "did Confucius really… — Nicholas Sparks
Self satisfaction alone cannot determine if a desire or action is positive or negative. The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action… — Dalai Lama
George smiles to himself, with entire self-satisfaction. Yes, I am crazy, he thinks. That is my secret; my strength. — Christopher Isherwood
Nothing could be more absurd than moral lessons at such a moment! Oh, self-satisfied people: with what proud self-satisfaction such babblers are ready to utter… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
So spirituality itself should be self satisfying. If you are spiritually endowed, then you are self satisfied. And this self satisfaction within you will lead… — Nirmala Srivastava
We could become quite satisfied with ourselves because we are sitting in meditation and are endeavoring to practice the spiritual path. Such satisfaction with ourselves… — Ayya Khema
When he asked me, with obvious self-satisfaction, what I thought of the scenario, I hardly knew how to answer. I asked if he had seen… — Elmer Rice
Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you… — John Wooden

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