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• We are such lovers of self-reliance, that we excuse in a man many sins, if he will show us a complete satisfaction in his position, which asks no leave to be, of mine, or any man's good opinion.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Confidence, Men, Self

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1469, Delphi Classics

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• Besides, our action on each other, good as well as evil, is so incidental and at random, that we can seldom hear the acknowledgments of any person who would thank us for a benefit, without some shame and humiliation. We can rarely strike a direct stroke, but must be content with an oblique one; we seldom have the satisfaction of yielding a direct benefit, which is directly received.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Kindness, Evil, Benefits

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.121, Courier Corporation

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• The joy in catching butterflies is the joy of capturing - for an instant - utter beauty. The satisfaction of being able to let it go is immense.

  Ruth Rudner

  Butterfly, Joy, Let It Go

  Ruth Rudner (1978). “Forgotten pleasures: a guide for the seasonal adventurer”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• At present we live to impede each other's satisfactions; competition, domestic life, society, what is it all but this?

  Florence Nightingale

  Competition, Domestic Life

  Florence Nightingale (2008). “The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale”

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• It was during the eighteenth century - a period of boastful satisfaction with the nice balances within the English constitution - that Englishmen came to accept the Whig view of the utility of an armed citizenry. The armed citizen was not only affirmed to be protecting himself but, together with his fellows, provided the ultimate check on tyranny.

  Joyce Lee Malcolm

  Nice, Views, Balance

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• The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in change, as from the distaste we feel in being too little admired by those that know us too well, and the hope of being more admired by those that know us less.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Friendship, Vanity, Littles

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• Nothing ought in reason to mortify our self-satisfaction more that the considering that we condemn at one time what we highly approve and commend at another.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Pride, Self, Reason

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• I love the satisfaction of living in a world on a Wednesday where a song didn't exist that you're going to create on a Thursday that's going to change somebody's life, possibly, you're creating that from nothing.

  Noel Gallagher

  Love, Life, Change

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• I think people would be surprised to discover that their challenges and struggles are not too dissimilar to us, average ordinary people. We're all looking for essentially the same thing and I think that's faith and hope and love and meaning and of course satisfaction, peace, joy.

  Judah Smith

  Love, Peace, Struggle

  "Pastor Judah Smith: Justin Bieber has taught me about faith". Interview with Sasha Savitsk, www.foxnews.com. March 13, 2015.

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• Every objet in the world promises satisfaction, but it never gives satisfaction -it only promises.

  Krishnananda Saraswati

  Giving, Promise, World

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• Wake up with a plan of action, go to bed with satisfaction.

  Greg Plitt

  Bed, Wake Up, Plans

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• Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power, the utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God's creation. Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Taken, Men, Animal

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1976). “God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism”, p.34, Macmillan

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• But yet, I say, if imputation and strong circumstances, which lead directly to the door of truth, will give you satisfaction, you may have it.

  William Shakespeare

  Strong, Truth, Doors

  William Shakespeare (1850). “The dramatic works and poems of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of Steevens and Malone, with life, and historical, critical, and explanatory notices by A. Cunningham, a glossary and illustrations”, p.856

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• I feel satisfaction at the end of the day when I've written a scene that I really like or when I write a good line of dialogue that I read out to my wife or something like that. But there's also days where it's just bloody agony and I go, 'ugh, this is such crap! Why did I think I had any talent?

  George R. R. Martin

  Writing, Thinking, Agony

  "EIBF 2014: George R.R. Martin on Game Of Thrones, writing". www.denofgeek.com. August 15, 2014.

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• There's so much pressure put on relationships to deliver the satisfaction of life. And to me, that is just not the answer. I feel like it should be something in addition to what you love or be a part of that.

  James Franco

  Answers, Pressure, Should

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• Domesticity is the enemy of art. I don't know if that's true. You can write good happy songs. So, I don't think it's necessarily happiness. But I think self-satisfaction is maybe the enemy. It's kind of better to think, "Tomorrow night I'm gonna sing it better." There is this forward effort. It feels to me right, it feels human.

  Paul McCartney

  Song, Art, Writing

  "Paul McCartney Is Esquire's August Cover Star". Interview with Alex Bilmes, www.esquire.com. February 7, 2015.

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• The structure of the Swiss ruling class is rock-hard, and unchanged since the time of Napoleon. They sit on their mountains and lecture the world on democracy. It's an unbelievable show of self-satisfaction and arrogance.

  Jean Ziegler

  Rocks, Self, Class

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Before our eyes we have the results of ideologies such as Marxism, Nazism and fascism, and also of myths like racial superiority, nationalism and ethnic exclusivism. No less pernicious, though not always as obvious, are the effects of materialistic consumerism, in which the exaltation of the individual and the selfish satisfaction of personal aspirations become the ultimate goal of life. In this outlook, the negative effects on others are considered completely irrelevant.

  Pope John Paul II

  Selfish, Eye, Goal

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• I give to my friends the assurance that if they will recast their ideas and attitudes about the relative importance of the spiritual to the material, and bring themselves to participate in the mighty cause of establishing God's kingdom in the earth, they will find a satisfaction, a sureness of purpose, a peace and contentment, surpassing anything they have ever known.

  Stephen L. Richards

  Spiritual, Peace, Attitude

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• For a firm believer in swadeshi, there need be no Pharisaical self-satisfaction in wearing khadi.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Self, Needs, Firm

  Mahatma Gandhi (1966). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Mere mental, that is, intellectual labour, is for the soul and has its own satisfaction.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Soul, Intellectual, Mere

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.63, Rajpal & Sons

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• Cent percent swadeshi gives sufficient scope for the most insatiable ambition for service and a satisfaction of every kind of talent.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Ambition, Giving, Kind

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• I don't associate work with feelings of satisfaction. Rather, guilt, frustration, and resentment of people who write better than I do.

  Garrison Keillor

  Writing, Frustration, People

  Source: jonathanlowe.wordpress.com

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• From the driver's standpoint I had the same horrors, the same satisfactions, the same everything. The speed is relative. It's faster and things are happening quicker, but you have the equipment to handle it.

  Mario Andretti

  Horror, Speed, Equipment

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

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• But I noted with real satisfaction how well ex-footballers seemed to have leadership qualifications . . . I believe that football, perhaps more than any other sport, tends to instill in men the feeling that victory comes through hard - almost slavish - work, team play, self-confidence, and an enthusiasm that amounts to dedication.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Sports, Football, Team

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