Continued Quote by George Combe

Now the way of life that I preach is a habit to be acquired gradually by long and steady repetition. It is the practice…

— William Osler

By doing something repeatedly, one's mind becomes sharper. It teaches you dedication.

— Shriya Saran

“Prefer enduring satisfaction to immediate gratification.”

— Epictetus

Once an individual is given a taste of the gratification that comes from triumph, and the tools to bring it about, they will spend…

— Justin Menkes

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.

— Jane Austen

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

It is very difficult to be learned; it seems as if people were worn out on the way to great thoughts, and can never…

— George Eliot

“It isn't a brute instinct that keeps us restless and dissatisfied. I'll tell you what it is: it's the highest goal of man -…

— Philip K. Dick

One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.

— Brian O'Driscoll

The pleasure of doing a thing in the same way at the same time every day, and savoring it, should be noted.

— Arnold Bennett

It is not brilliance or facility that is necessary, but the determination to bear and even enjoy the dull process of wading into one's…

— Stewart O'Nan

“The basis of the practice is to directly participate in each moment as it occurs with as much awareness and understanding as possible.”

— Stephen Levine