Quotes About Satisfaction

But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all?

Knowing that another path might have been easier for him to travel, but that it couldn't possibly have offered a more satisfying conclusion.

People are always worried about what's happening next. They often find it difficult to stand still, to occupy the now without worrying about the future. People are not generally satisfied with what they have; they are very concerned with what they are going to have.

Because let me tell you, it was a happy ending.

To be financially wealthy you must have a purpose for your life. In other words, without purpose, you'll never know when you have enough money, and you can never be financially wealthy.

Happiness happens when you have a bigger purpose than having more fulfills, which is why we say happiness happens on the way to fulfillment.

One of our biggest challenges is making sure our life's purpose doesn't become a beggar's bowl, a bottomless pit of desire continually searching for the next thing that will make us happy. That's a losing proposition.

Wanting more money just for the sake of getting it won't bring the happiness you seek from it. Happiness happens when you have bigger purpose than having more fulfills, which is why we say happiness happens on the way of fulfillment

financially wealthy people are those who have enough money coming in without having to work to finance their purpose in life.

For thousands of years, work was life.

What is more likely to lead to true marital satisfaction-getting a fallen spouse to change his or her ways, or changing your own focus so that you draw affirmation from a God who never disappoints, never turns you away?

Trying to find contentment in this world without addressing the inner person is no more drastic a change than simply changing cubicles while continuing to work for the same company. Your location may change, but the overall environment is exactly the same.

You won't find happiness at the end of a road named selfishness.

I've found that obedience to God creates quiet fulfillment in the present. There is a spiritual satisfaction that comes even in the midst of our trials. It is a demeanor that may not be as "showy" as gleeful happiness, but it is much less subject to moods and makes for much more permanent a disposition.

Success in life is peace of mind, the feeling of having no regrets. It comes from knowing you did your best.

stress is the gap between what we expect from God's creations and what we're actually receiving. Since only God can meet our deepest needs, the more we look to people and things to satisfy us, the more gaps we'll have and the more our frustration will increase.

I thought, that day I started, I sure would hate to do this all my life, And dammit, that's just what I've gone and done.

I drank that sentence and began to glow.

People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy.

When the deepest part of you becomes engaged in what you are doing, when your activities and actions become gratifying and purposeful, when what you do serves both yourself and others, when you do not tire within but seek the sweet satisfaction of your life and your work, you are doing what you were meant to be doing.

He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar.

Glory is an empty plate to feed from.

When a person requires something unattainable, such as total submission to an unreasonable demand, it is time to stop negotiating, because it's clear the person cannot be satisfied.

Falling into Place: deciding everything is falling into place perfectly as long as you don't get too picky about what you mean by place. Or perfectly.