Quotes About Satisfaction

It's better to be happy than comfortable, if you can't have both.

It was like wanting ice cream instead of meat loaf, and being told that children in refugee camps would be grateful for the meat loaf. Yes, of course she had nothing to complain about, compared to so many people, but when had that ever stopped anyone from complaining? Happiness was a balloon that always hovered just out of arm's reach.

A mí en cambio, cuando algo me gusta, me gusta siempre; como me pasa con las chocolatinas, que nunca me canso de comerlas

Have you ever eaten something appalling for breakfast, something really bad for you, a chocolate cake, and just thought, Fuck it, this is bad, I'd better keep going? Christ, this is making me feel horrible, I'd better have more?

No, she's marvellous,' said Lucy-Ann, and Tassie glowed with pleasure.

The thought of revenge always gave her a warm fuzzy feeling.

Saving a species would give me a certain satisfaction, and no child has ever won the prize before, not even the great Artemis Fowl.

Não procures que tudo quanto acontece aconteça como desejas, antes deseja que tudo aconteça como de facto acontece. Desse modo serás feliz.

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, "He who is content.

Freedom is not archived by satisfying desire, but by eliminating it.

Fortify yourself with contentment for this is an impregnable fortress.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

He wants what he cannot have, and does not want what he can't refuse — and isn't aware of it. He doesn't know the difference between his own possessions and others'. Because, if he did, he would never be thwarted of disappointed. Or nervous.

Prefer enduring satisfaction to immediate gratification.

It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire.

It is better to starve to death in a calm and confident state of mind than to live anxiously amidst abundance. And

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, He who is content.

Destroy desire completely for the present. For if you desire anything which is not in our power, you must be unfortunate

the same thing, really, that we all want: to live in peace, to be happy, to do as we like and never be foiled or forced to act against our wishes.

But I want power and renown so that I may help other people," you say. What do you mean by "help"? Can you really give them happiness and satisfaction—things that are in their own spheres of power, not yours?

Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.

When you desire something outside your sphere of power, you set yourself up for disappointment

Find satisfaction in following your philosophy. If you want to be respected, start by respecting yourself.

Anyone who's dissatisfied with the circumstances assigned him by fortune is unskilled in the art of living, while anyone who nobly endures his circumstances and makes reasonable use of what they have to offer deserves to be called a good person.