Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
—Freeman Dyson (1923–2020) American Theoretical Physicist, Author
I’ve never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline… I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour-this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear—is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle—victorious.
—Vince Lombardi, Jr. (1913–70) American Football Player, Coach
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
The most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishment. It is not possible that the idle tramp is as contented as the farmers along the road who own their own farms, and whose credit is good at the bank in town. When the tramps get together at night, they abuse the farmers, but do not get as much satisfaction out of it as do the farmers who abuse the tramps. The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
—E. W. Howe (1853–1937) American Novelist, Editor
To be able to look back upon one’s past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
—Martial (40–104) Ancient Roman Latin Poet
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German Philosopher
Perhaps no sin so easily besets us as a sense of self-satisfied superiority to others.
—William Osler (1849–1919) Canadian Physician
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
—Henri Frederic Amiel (1821–81) Swiss Moral Philosopher, Poet, Critic
The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own.
—W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) English Dramatist, Librettist, Poet, Illustrator
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness—great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
Enough is as good as a feast.
—Anonymous
He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes, and endeavour to let no particle of time fall useless to the ground.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
No nation became great by becoming rich. Neither does a man find enduring satisfaction in life by owning something—only by becoming something.
—Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American Clergyman, Self-Help Author
Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
—Zhuang Zhou (c.369–c.286 BCE) Chinese Taoist Philosopher
Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
—Linus Pauling (1901–94) American Scientist, Peace Activist
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?
—Bob Marley (1945–81) Jamaican Musician, Singer, Songwriter
It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.
—Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) British Poet, Essayist, Journalist
A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.
—Don Marquis (1878–1937) American Humorist, Journalist, Author
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
We cannot be satisfied with things as they are. We cannot be satisfied to drift, to rest on our oars, to glide over a sea whose depths are shaken by subterranean upheavals.
—John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist
There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
—Salvador Dali (1904–89) Spanish Painter
No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730–74) Irish Novelist, Playwright, Poet
No sooner is your ocean filled, than he grumbles that it might have been of better vintage. Try him with half of a Universe, of an Omnipotence, he sets to quarrelling with the proprietor of the other half, and declares himself the most maltreated of men. Always there is a black spot in our sunshine: it is even as I said, the Shadow of Ourselves.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to whom God has given, with sparing hand, as much as is enough.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance.
—Martial (40–104) Ancient Roman Latin Poet
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