Quotes about Satisfaction

The voice from the tree did not summon them to do, but to be satisfied with what was done.

For it is not knowing much, but realising and relishing things interiorly, that contents and satisfies the soul.

Do you know when she started praising the Wallers so highly?" Mama went on. "The day she left them. As long as she was there, she had nothing but complaints. The Wallers couldn't compare with the van Hooks where she'd been before. But at the van Hooks she'd actually been miserable. Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings, Corrie. It's something we make inside ourselves.

Sometimes what we think will make us happy is the opposite of what God wants for us.

Godliness with contentment is rare.

But if we've honestly done everything we can, by definition we can't do anything more.

Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have

Suffocate the flames of envy with a blanket of gratitude.

Never before have so many people had so much and felt so dissatisfied. No wonder we often feel so dissatisfied. No matter how much we have, it can't compare to what others appear to have.

On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfaction.

Having more of this world never fulfills. Only more of Christ does.

Earth is not heaven. It was never meant to be. No new car, new house, new living room furniture, new kitchen appliances, new clothes, new hair, new baby, new vacation, new job, new income, new husband, or new anything will ever satisfy us, because we were not made for the things of this world.