Quotes about Satisfaction

One hope no sooner dies in us but another rises up in its stead. We are apt to fancy that we shall be happy and satisfied if we possess ourselves of such and such particular enjoyments; but either by reason of their emptiness, or the natural inquietude of the mind, we have no sooner gained one point, but we extend our hopes to another. We still find new inviting scenes and landscapes lying behind those which at a distance terminated our view.

There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance.

True happiness... arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self.

The huge irony is that the more the gospel is offered in consumer terms, the more the consumers are disappointed.

But having gotten what we had always wanted, we find we have not gotten what we wanted at all. We are less fulfilled than ever.

You're blessed when you're content with just who you are—no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought.

When you grab all you can get, that's what happens: the more you get, the less you are.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the time being; at any rate, not up to this Friday.

God surpasses our dreams when we reach past our personal plans and agenda to grab the hand of Christ and walk the path he chose for us.  He is obligated to keep us dissatisfied until we come to him and his plan for complete satisfaction.

Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have.

It is our responsibility to make adjustments so we can live within God's provision and be joyfully content whether He provides a little or a lot in any given season.