Sayings about Satisfaction
Better to satisfy the body than to tarnish the soul.~ Chinese Proverb
You cannot satisfy the whole world and your father.~ French Proverb
Forgiveness is more satisfying than revenge.~ Arabian Proverb
You don’t satisfy your hunger by watching others work.~ Armenian Proverbs
A man should go on living — if only to satisfy his curiosity.~ Yiddish Proverbs
What is new is pleasing and what is old is satisfying.~ Cuban Proverbs
Enough is better than too much. ~ German Proverbs
Quotations about Satisfaction
Our greatest joy and satisfaction comes from the act of giving.~ Leo Buscaglia
Great issues develop from small beginnings. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will. ~ Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.~ Jawaharlal Nehru
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.~ Thomas A. Edison
Along the way of our service to others and community, we learn that a very large side benefit is an enormous sense of personal satisfaction, personal purpose and personal worth.~ Brian O’Connell
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.~ Author Unknown
When we have got it, we want something else. ~ Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.~ Salvador Dali
That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance. ~ Marcus Valerius Martial
My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.~ Faye Wattleton.
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
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. ~ Bible
I’d rather be dead than singing ”Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.~ Mick Jagger
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction, the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.~ St. Theresa of Lisieux
No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.~ Oliver Goldsmith
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. ~ Lao-Tzu
Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else. ~ Jean De La Bruyere
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.~ Norman Vincent Peale
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.~ Oscar Wilde
The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity, self-sufficiency, and resourcefulness. People who wait around for life to supply their satisfaction usually find boredom instead.~ William C. Menninger
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.~ Mahatma Gandhi
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness — great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.~ Jim Rohn
Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.~ Denis Waitley
To be able to look back upon one’s past life with satisfaction is to live twice.~ Marcus Valerius Martial
It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.~ Leigh Hunt
One must desire something to be alive: perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.~ Margaret Deland
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
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.~ James Branch Cabell
Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.~ Anne Frank
A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.~ Benjamin Spock
Only when the money we earn is put to work for the benefit of others does it provide true satisfaction.~ Malcolm D. Maxwell
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.~ Freeman Dyson
Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.~ Linus Pauling
I have been the recipient of love and service, therefore I can love and serve. There is great satisfaction in service to others, in …seeing people and their conditions change.~ Clarence E. Hodges
This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.~ Henry David Thoreau
You can never get enough of the things you don’t need, because the things you don’t need can never satisfy. ~ Marvin J. Ashton
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
Success is a peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.~ John Wooden
You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.~ Geroge Lorimer
A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth. ~ Lao-Tzu
As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.~ George Bernard Shaw
I am easily satisfied with the very best. ~ Winston Churchill
Few things are necessary to make the wise man happy while no amount of material wealth would satisfy a fool. I am not a fool. ~ Og Mandino
The greatest masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette. ~ Henry S. Haskins