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
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
True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
—John Wooden (1910–2010) American Basketball Coach, Educator
Little minds find satisfaction for their feelings, good or bad, in little things.
—Honore de Balzac (1799–1850) French Novelist
You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.
—George Horace Lorimer (1867–1937) American Magazine Editor, Writer
This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
—Salvador Dali (1904–89) Spanish Painter
Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.
—Denis Waitley (1933–2025) American Speaker, Consultant, Self-help Pioneer
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
—Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) Indian Head of State
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
—Unknown
Self-satisfaction is the state of mind of those who have the happy conviction that they are not as other men.
—Margery Allingham (1904–66) English Detective-story Writer
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
A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants…
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician
If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.
—Alfred Nobel (1833–1896) Swedish Inventor, Humanitarian
If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
How I relate to my inner self influences my relationships with all others. My satisfaction with myself and my satisfaction with other people are directly proportional.
—Sue Atchley Ebaugh
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
Forgiveness is more satisfying than revenge.
—Arabic Proverb
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
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
Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.
—Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher
A man should go on living—if only to satisfy his curiosity.
—Yiddish Proverb
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
Perhaps no sin so easily besets us as a sense of self-satisfied superiority to others.
—William Osler (1849–1919) Canadian Physician
There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
To be too dissatisfied with ourselves is a weakness. To be too satisfied with ourselves is a stupidity.
—Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable (1599–1678) French Writer, Socialite
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
—Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.
—Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur
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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