Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Satisfaction

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

He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
Jean de La Fontaine (1621–95) French Poet, Short Story Writer

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants…
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician

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

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright

No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.
Oliver Goldsmith (1730–74) Irish Novelist, Playwright, Poet

He is rich that is satisfied.
Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?
Bob Marley (1945–81) Jamaican Musician, Singer, Songwriter

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

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

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

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
E. W. Howe (1853–1937) American Novelist, Editor

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

When we don’t have what we like, we must like what we have.
French Proverb

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
Henri Frederic Amiel (1821–81) Swiss Moral Philosopher, Poet, Critic

I’d rather be dead than singing “Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.
Mick Jagger (b.1943) English Rock Singer, Songwriter

A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
Benjamin Spock (1903–98) American Pediatrician, Author

There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Freeman Dyson (1923–2020) American Theoretical Physicist, Author

Enough is better than too much.
German Proverb

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German Philosopher

The goal ever recedes from us? The greater the progress the greater the recognition of our unworthiness? Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.
Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader

In a land which is fully settled, most men must accept their local environment or try to change it by political means; only the exceptionally gifted or adventurous can leave to seek his fortune elsewhere. In America, on the other hand, to move on and make a fresh start somewhere else is still the normal reaction to dissatisfaction and failure.
W. H. Auden (1907–73) British-born American Poet, Dramatist

I don’t want my friends to die for me; if they will just be polite and let me alone, I will be satisfied.
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

the spring, the summer,
The chilling autumn, angry winter, change
Their wonted liveries; and the mazed world
By their increase, now knows not which is which.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Epictetus (55–135) Ancient Greek Philosopher

You can have peace of mind, improved health and an ever-increasing flow of energy. Life can be full of joy and satisfaction.
Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American Clergyman, Self-Help Author

Better to satisfy the body than to tarnish the soul.
Chinese Proverb

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

Unless each day can be looked back upon by an individual as one in which he has had some fun, some joy, some real satisfaction, that day is a loss.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American Head of State, Military Leader

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