Self-satisfaction Quotes

33 quotes by 31 authors

• ...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

Who Wrote These Self-satisfaction Quotes

31 authors contributed a total of 33 Self-satisfaction Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 Self-satisfaction Quotes by John Wooden
• 2 Self-satisfaction Quotes by George Eliot
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by John of Kronstadt
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Meg Greenfield
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Jacques Monod
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Alberto Moravia
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Dan Wheldon
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by William Osler
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Lewis Thomas
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by George Michael
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Steve Prefontaine
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Joseph Brodsky
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Martha Gellhorn
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Dani Shapiro
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by John Piper
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Nicholas Sparks
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Dalai Lama
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Christopher Isherwood
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Nirmala Srivastava
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Ayya Khema
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Elmer Rice
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Mortimer Adler
• 1 Self-satisfaction Quote by Herb Caen