Quotes About Satisfaction

I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex; you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.

You can't be envious and happy at the same time.

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable.

In this fool's paradise, he drank delight

Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for then we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.

We are never so happy or so unhappy as we think.

When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.

Wouldst thou both eat they cake and have it?

Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.

The truly proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it.

Every gain made by individuals or society is almost instantly taken for granted.

Dine on little, and sup on less.

One bliss for which there is no match is when you itch to up and scratch.

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

Tis better than riches To scratch when it itches.

No one is happy all his life long.

Don't fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.

We must like what we have when we don't have what we like.

To expect life to be tailored to our specifications is to invite frustration.

To seek fulfillment is to invite frustration.

There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation.