Satisfied Quotes

• God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.

  John Piper

  God, Christian, Religious

  John Piper (2005). “For Your Joy”

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• Nature is satisfied with little; and if she is, I am also.

  Baruch Spinoza

  Littles, Ifs

  "The Story of Philosophy" by Will Durant, (p. 176), 1933.

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• The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.

  Lucretius

  Rainy Day, Greatest Wealth, Mind

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• Heaven is satisfied curiosity.

  Paola Antonelli

  God, Heaven, Soul

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• It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.

  Teresa of Avila

  Dangerous, Dangerous Things

  Saint Teresa of Avila (1976). “The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila: Volume 1”, p.279, ICS Publications

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• The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Desire, Thirst, Filled

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• The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

  William Godwin

  Wise, Men

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• The greatest fools are oft the most satisfied.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Fool

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• I alter some things, eliminate and try again until I am satisfied. Then begins the mental working out of this material in its breadth, its narrowness, its height and depth.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Work Out, Trying, Depth

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• I think if I ever get satisfied, I’ll have to stop. It’s the frustration that drives you.

  Eve Arnold

  Frustration, Thinking, Ifs

  "Eve Arnold obituary" by Amanda Hopkinson, www.theguardian.com. January 5, 2012.

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• He is well paid that is well satisfied.

  William Shakespeare

  Venice, Satisfaction, Wells

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [416]

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• I try to never be satisfied; this way I will always be challenging my spirit.

  Hiroshi Sugimoto

  Challenges, Trying, Way

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• Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Soul, Contentment, Doe

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• It is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.

  John Stuart Mill

  Pigs, Dissatisfied

  Utilitarianism ch. 2 (1861)

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• Show me a satisfied man, and I'll show you a failure.

  Albert Einstein

  Failure, Men, Infinite Intelligence

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• I am satisfied, for I awake in Thy likeness.

  Alexander MacLaren

  Awake

  Alexander Maclaren (1906). “Expositions of Holy Scripture”, p.697, CCEL

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• I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

  Oscar Wilde, Alvin Redman (1959). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.249, Courier Corporation

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• We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

  Horace

  Life, Inspire, Age

  "Satires" by Horace, Book I, satire i, line 117, c. 35 BC and 30 BC.

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• I am never satisfied; I always want more. I always want to get better. I always want to climb another step.

  Rihanna

  Get Better, Want, Steps

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.

  Confucius

  Happiness, Mean, Men

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Judging, Wells, Persons

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• Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

  William E. Gladstone

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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• He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .

  Epicurus

  Littles, Epicurean

  Epicurus (1993). “The essential Epicurus: letters, principal doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragments”

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• The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work

  Steve Jobs

  Work, Believe, Loving What You Do

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Virtue is shut out from no one; she is open to all, accepts all, invites all, gentlemen, freedmen, slaves, kings, and exiles; she selects neither house nor fortune; she is satisfied with a human being without adjuncts.

  Seneca the Younger

  Kings, House, Gentleman

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