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Gratification Quotes

Economists say the inability to delay gratification is a primary predictor of economic failure in life Picture Quote #1

Women in politics are more honest and forthright. We are not in it for the ego gratification Picture Quote #1

We are often too late with our brilliance. We are on time delay. The only instant gratification comes in the form of potato chips. The rest will find us by surprise somewhere down the road maybe as we sleep and dream of other things Picture Quote #1

If there be any thing a man might well pray against, that thing is the responsive gratification of some of the devoutest prayers of his youth Picture Quote #1

We live in a time of instant everything, courtesy of the electronic highway. It creates a community of toddlers. When they don’t get immediate gratification, they get petulant and sulky Picture Quote #1

It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live than to be loved by them; and this not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love Picture Quote #1

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This is the great truth life has to teach us... that gratification of our individual desires and expression of our personal preferences without consideration for their effect upon others brings in the end nothing but ruin and devastation Picture Quote #1

Nobody gives a care about the fate of labor as long as they can get their instant gratification Picture Quote #1

It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it Picture Quote #1

I take it to be axiomatic that people are revolted by witnessing the shameless gratification of an appetite they do not share Picture Quote #1

You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been Picture Quote #1

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport Picture Quote #1

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When you are a rock star in front of 20,000 people, you receive instant gratification. A rock star on tour is a king in his domain Picture Quote #1

And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification Picture Quote #1

Too old to plant trees for my own gratification, I shall do it for my posterity Picture Quote #1

Morality in sexual relations, when it is free from superstition, consists essentially in respect for the other person, and unwillingness to use that person solely as a means of personal gratification, without regard to his or her desires Picture Quote #1

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success Picture Quote #1

My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth Picture Quote #1

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Will without intellect is the most vulgar and common thing in the world, possessed by every blockhead, who, in the gratification of his passions, shows the stuff of which he is made Picture Quote #1

We can take some gratification at having come a certain distance in just a few thousand years of our existence as language users, but it should be a deeper satisfaction, even an exhilaration, to recognize that we have such a distance still to go Picture Quote #1

It is a gratification to me to know that I am ignorant of art... Because people who understand art find nothing in pictures but blemishes Picture Quote #1

We enjoy some gratification when our good friends die; for though their death leaves us in sorrow, we have the consolatory assurance that they are beyond the ills by which in this life even the best of people are broken down or corrupted Picture Quote #1

Our impulses toward instant gratification aren’t to be trusted. Hoarding our resources isn’t a worthy goal. We’re created with eternity in our hearts, and our lives have everlasting value Picture Quote #1

There are disappointments which wring us, and there are those which inflict a wound whose mark we bear to our graves. Such are so keen that no future gratification of the same desire can ever obliterate them: they become registered as a permanent loss of happiness Picture Quote #1

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The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very small number; and the life of the greater part of mankind must be lost in empty wishes and painful comparisons, were not the balm of philosophy shed upon us, and our discontent at the appearances of unequal distribution soothed and appeased Picture Quote #1

The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction. Curiosity is the thirst of the soul; it inflames and torments us, and makes us taste every thing with joy, however otherwise insipid, by which it may be quenched Picture Quote #1

All men who live only according to their five senses, and seek nothing beyond the gratification of their natural appetites for pleasure and reputation and power, cut themselves off from that charity which is the principle of all spiritual vitality and happiness because it alone saves us from the barren wilderness of our own abominable selfishness Picture Quote #1

My scientific studies have afforded me great gratification; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work Picture Quote #1

The same practice was continued every evening through the whole course, and with the same success. Many individuals expressed their gratification at having discovered such simple means of relieving the tedium of a long discourse Picture Quote #1

If a commodity were in no way useful, in other words, if it could in no way contribute to our gratification, it would be destitute of exchangeable value, however scarce it might be, or whatever quantity of labour might be necessary to procure it Picture Quote #1

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Economists say the inability to delay gratification is a primary predictor of economic failure in life (Gratification Quotes) Women in politics are more honest and forthright. We are not in it for the ego gratification (Gratification Quotes) We are often too late with our brilliance. We are on time delay. The only instant gratification comes in the form of potato chips. The rest will find us by surprise somewhere down the road maybe as we sleep and dream of other things (Gratification Quotes) If there be any thing a man might well pray against, that thing is the responsive gratification of some of the devoutest prayers of his youth (Gratification Quotes) We live in a time of instant everything, courtesy of the electronic highway. It creates a community of toddlers. When they don’t get immediate gratification, they get petulant and sulky (Gratification Quotes) It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live than to be loved by them; and this not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love (Gratification Quotes) This is the great truth life has to teach us... that gratification of our individual desires and expression of our personal preferences without consideration for their effect upon others brings in the end nothing but ruin and devastation (Gratification Quotes) Nobody gives a care about the fate of labor as long as they can get their instant gratification (Gratification Quotes) It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it (Gratification Quotes) I take it to be axiomatic that people are revolted by witnessing the shameless gratification of an appetite they do not share (Gratification Quotes) You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been (Gratification Quotes) Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport (Gratification Quotes) When you are a rock star in front of 20,000 people, you receive instant gratification. A rock star on tour is a king in his domain (Gratification Quotes) And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification (Gratification Quotes) Too old to plant trees for my own gratification, I shall do it for my posterity (Gratification Quotes) Morality in sexual relations, when it is free from superstition, consists essentially in respect for the other person, and unwillingness to use that person solely as a means of personal gratification, without regard to his or her desires (Gratification Quotes) The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success (Gratification Quotes) My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth (Gratification Quotes) Will without intellect is the most vulgar and common thing in the world, possessed by every blockhead, who, in the gratification of his passions, shows the stuff of which he is made (Gratification Quotes) We can take some gratification at having come a certain distance in just a few thousand years of our existence as language users, but it should be a deeper satisfaction, even an exhilaration, to recognize that we have such a distance still to go (Gratification Quotes) It is a gratification to me to know that I am ignorant of art... Because people who understand art find nothing in pictures but blemishes (Gratification Quotes) We enjoy some gratification when our good friends die; for though their death leaves us in sorrow, we have the consolatory assurance that they are beyond the ills by which in this life even the best of people are broken down or corrupted (Gratification Quotes) Our impulses toward instant gratification aren’t to be trusted. Hoarding our resources isn’t a worthy goal. We’re created with eternity in our hearts, and our lives have everlasting value (Gratification Quotes) There are disappointments which wring us, and there are those which inflict a wound whose mark we bear to our graves. Such are so keen that no future gratification of the same desire can ever obliterate them: they become registered as a permanent loss of happiness (Gratification Quotes) The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very small number; and the life of the greater part of mankind must be lost in empty wishes and painful comparisons, were not the balm of philosophy shed upon us, and our discontent at the appearances of unequal distribution soothed and appeased (Gratification Quotes) The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction. Curiosity is the thirst of the soul; it inflames and torments us, and makes us taste every thing with joy, however otherwise insipid, by which it may be quenched (Gratification Quotes) All men who live only according to their five senses, and seek nothing beyond the gratification of their natural appetites for pleasure and reputation and power, cut themselves off from that charity which is the principle of all spiritual vitality and happiness because it alone saves us from the barren wilderness of our own abominable selfishness (Gratification Quotes) My scientific studies have afforded me great gratification; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work (Gratification Quotes) The same practice was continued every evening through the whole course, and with the same success. Many individuals expressed their gratification at having discovered such simple means of relieving the tedium of a long discourse (Gratification Quotes) If a commodity were in no way useful, in other words, if it could in no way contribute to our gratification, it would be destitute of exchangeable value, however scarce it might be, or whatever quantity of labour might be necessary to procure it (Gratification Quotes)

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