Quotes about Satisfaction

The avarice of mankind is insatiable; at one time two obols was pay enough; but now, when this sum has become customary, men always want more and more without end.

Our problem with desire is that we want too little.

Most people are as happy as they want to be.

You will not find what you want in the world, only in the Father.

You can't want to be happy, because that's too easy and too boring.

God gives us what we want. For people who want nothing to do with peace, joy, reconciliation and peace... God will give you what you want. I see people make unbelievably destructive choices.

Most people spend most of their lives doing neither what they want to be doing nor what they ought to be doing.

But length of days with an evil heart is only length of misery and already she begins to know it. All get what they want; they do not always like it.

Personal success or personal satisfaction are not worth another thought if one does achieve them, or worth worrying about if they evade one or are slow in coming. All that is really worth while is action - faithful action, for the world, and in God.

Do the best you can . . . enjoy the present . . . rest satisfied with what you have.

Life, if well lived, is long enough.

The question becomes not just how to accumulate more, but how to covet less.