Quotes About Satisfaction

Queerness offers the promise of failure as a way of life...but it is up to us whether we choose to make good on that promise in a way that makes a detour around the usual markers of accomplishment and satisfaction.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.

for what is life, a good life, but the accumulation of small pleasures?

Relaxation, peace and contentment are the by-products of the work you are doing, not its goal.

A poor child knew what it meant to be poor. We didn't ask for much, and sometimes we didn't even ask.

The gratification of desire is not happiness.

But a man will only make you happy for a while, while a skill, an occupation – learning something – will always satisfy you.

If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements. And finally, there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.

He knew now that he had never been really happy in his whole life. There had been times when he had thought he was happy but none of them were like this.

Everywhere you look you see people with things that you do not have, and it has a profound mental effect.

Why do you do it?' asked Drusher. 'And don't say "because someone must" or anything like that.' 'Why are you a magos biologis, Drusher, when that calling has apparently given you a life you resent?' 'Because I'm good at it,' said Drusher. 'Yes', said Eisenhorn. 'It's sad, isn't it?

Nothing equals a good dump. To my way of thinking taking a decent shit is a life-affirming experience.

I can always feel better, look better, do better. I can learn more, sell more, buy more. I can do more, and do it faster. But what is the price of this perfection? Joy.

Natural happiness is what we get when we get what we wanted, and synthetic happiness is what we make when we don't get what we wanted. In our society, we have a strong belief that synthetic happiness is of an inferior kind.

You can't win the race of fulfillment running on the track of achievement.

Would it be unreasonable to expect to find fulfilling, enjoyable, spiritually significant, income-producing work?

Money is ultimately never enough compensation for investing one's time and energy. There must be a sense of purpose, meaning, and accomplishment.

The secret to creating a career that is both nurturing to the soul and the pocketbook is, as theologian Frederick Buechner said, to find where "your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."1 There you will find a job, a career, a business, and a life worth living. We cannot talk ourselves into doing something we do not inherently enjoy, no matter how spiritual that something may appear to those around us.

But that raises the question: What would you call your daily activity if you actually enjoyed it? Would it cease to be "work"?