Quotes about Satisfaction
He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and he is richer who is generous with what he has.
— James Allen
A man does not commence to truly live until he finds an immovable center within himself on which to stand, by which to regulate his life, and from which to draw his peace. If he trusts to that which fluctuates he also will fluctuate; if he leans upon that which may be withdrawn he will fall and be bruised; if he looks for satisfaction in perishable accumulations he will starve for happiness in the midst of plenty.
— James Allen
He who is happy in his hut is better than he who is miserable in his palace.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A golden spoon is useless when the soup bowl is empty.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.
— Oscar Wilde
The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion.
— Billy Sunday
A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
— Samuel Johnson
The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.
— Thomas Adams
The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world.
— Charles Spurgeon
Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.
— Dale Carnegie
The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.
— Cicero