Quotes about Satisfaction
The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
— Proverbs 30:15
All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
— Ecclesiastes 1:8
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
— Ecclesiastes 2:1
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
— Ecclesiastes 2:10
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
— Ecclesiastes 2:24
For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
— Ecclesiastes 2:25
What does the worker gain from his toil?
— Ecclesiastes 3:9
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
— Ecclesiastes 3:13
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
— Ecclesiastes 3:22
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
— Ecclesiastes 4:6
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
— Ecclesiastes 4:8
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
— Ecclesiastes 5:18