#satisfaction

I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing each day used to the full to actually produce something. The end. ↗

— Michael Palin

#home #productivity #satisfaction #writing #family

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work. ↗

— Berthold Auerbach

#completion #dissatisfaction #every #feels #forms

Much of what we called "depression" was really dissatisfaction, a result of setting a bar impossibly high or expecting treasures we weren't willing to work for. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#faith #happiness #mitch-albom #satisfaction #faith

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#satisfaction #serenity #happy

You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. ↗

— John Green

#self-determination #hurt

They luxuriated in the feeling of deep and all pervading satisfaction, a feeling of knowing absolutely that all was well with the world and them and that the world was not only their oyster it was also their linguine with clam sauce. Not only were all things possible, but all things were theirs. ↗

— Hubert Selby Jr.

#satisfaction #dreams

It is in your hands to make life miserable or happy. No religion, spiritual leaders or knowledge will ever make you fully satisfied. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#religion #satisfaction #spirituality #life

I can't say I want to earn a particular award or sell a certain number of records, because even if I do that, the satisfaction only lasts five minutes. ↗

— Chantal Kreviazuk

#because #certain #earn #even #five

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. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#come #deeper #distance #even #exhilaration

I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you. ↗

— Martin Yan

#factor #get #i #i think #job