Quotes About Satisfaction

There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

I had a very happy New Year, after all; and when I thought it over in my room, I felt as if I was getting on a little in spite of my many failures; for I'm cheerful all the time now, work with a will, and take more interest in other people than I used to, which is satisfactory. Bless you all!

Convinieron en dejar de quejarse, gozar de lo que ya tenían y tratar de merecerlo, no fuera que lo perdiesen en vez de que aumentara y creo que nunca se arrepintieron.

he was quite satisfied, for she folded both hands over his arm, and looked up at him with an expression that plainly showed how happy she would be to walk through life beside him, even though she had no better shelter than the old umbrella, if he carried it.

Para mí yo no busco otra corona que la que todos pueden pretender, ni ansío la conquista de otro mundo que el que está dentro de mi propio ser.

Nothing makes Penstemon happier than handing a favorite book to someone who wants to read it. I'm the same. I suppose you could say this delights us although 'delight' is a word I rarely use. Delight seems insubstantial; happiness feels more grounded; ecstasy is what I shoot for; satisfaction is hardest to attain.

The present was enough, though my work in the cemetery told me every day what happens when you let an unsatisfactory present go on long enough: it becomes your entire history.

Delight seems insubstantial; happiness feels more grounded; ecstasy is what I shoot for; satisfaction is hardest to attain.

I do think we are and shall be great consumers.

I went home in great delight.

Laura was sufficiently pleased with work that she felt in no special rush to get married.

But after a career of dissipation she seems delighted to settle down.

A man can afford to let himself go in a hen-house.

La insatisfacción de los humanos, ese querer siempre algo más, algo mejor, algo distinto, es el origen de innumerables desdichas.

Os deseo un año de salud, de satisfacciones, de buen trabajo, un año durante el cual tengáis cada día el gusto de vivir, sin esperar que los días que hayan tenido que pasar para encontrar su satisfacción y sin tener necesidad de poner esperanzas de felicidad en los días que hayan de venir.

One just had to be content with what had happened so far.

Happiness is making the most of what you have, and riches is making the most of what you've got.

These are the four that are never content: that have never been filled since the dew began- Jacala's mouth, and the glut of the kite, and the hands of the ape, and the eyes of Man.

If you don't get what you want, it's a sign either that you did not seriously want it, or that you tried to bargain over the price.

If you want something and don' get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn't want it, or you tried to bargain over the price

There is a discrepancy between our craving and the world we live in, between our expectations and the way things are. We want the world to be other than it is. Our craving is based on a fundamental misjudgement of the situation; a judgement that assumes that when our craving gets what it wants we will be happy, that when our craving possesses the objects of its desire we will be satisfied. But

Oh, yes, said Mother, you may be sure that there will always be plenty of chocolate cake around here.

A paradox for sure, but such a relief.

We waited, eating resilient, deeply satisfying bread dipped in spicy oil that tasted exactly like fresh olives. Doug reached out and stroked my knee and I had a sudden conscious thought that I was happy.