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• I am satisfied with, and stand firm as a rock on the belief that all that happens in God's world is for the best, but what is merely germ, what blossom and what fruit I do not know.

  Johann Gottlieb Fichte

  Rocks, World, Fruit

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• True devotion must not get dispirited; nor elated or satisfied with lesser gains; it must fight against failure, loss, calumny, calamity, ridicule and against egoism and pride , impatience and cowardice .

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Fighting, Pride, Loss

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Oct 27, 2016

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• The stomach is the only part of man which can be fully satisfied. The yearning of man's brain for new knowledge and experience and for more pleasant and comfortable surroundings never can be completely met. It is an appetite which cannot be appeased.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Men, Brain, Surroundings

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• There is nothing that makes a man more self-satisfied than a poor memory.

  Herbert V. Prochnow

  Memories, Men, Self

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• The Buddha also counseled the monks and nuns to avoid wasting any precious time by engaging in idle conversation, oversleeping, pursuing fame and recognition, chasing after desires, spending time with people of poor character, and being satisfied with only a shallow understanding of the teaching.

  Nhat Hanh

  Teaching, Character, People

  "Old Path White Clouds". Book by Thich Nhat Hanh, 1987.

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• Do your neighbour good by all means in your power, moral as well as physical - by kindness, by patience, by unflinching resistance against every outward evil - by the silent preaching of your own contrary life. But if the only good you can do him is by talking at him, or about him - nay, even to him, if it be in a self-satisfied, super-virtuous style - such as I earnestly hope the present writer is not doing - you had much better leave him alone.

  Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

  Kindness, Mean, Self

  "A Woman's Thoughts About Women" by Dinah Maria Murlock Craik, (Ch. 8), 1858.

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• Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.

  Publilius Syrus

  Sorrow, Fortune

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• Lavater told Goethe that on a certain occasion when he held the velvet bag in the church as collector of the offerings, he tried to observe only the hands; and he satisfied himself that in every individual the shape of the hand and of the fingers, the action and sentiment in dropping the gift into the bag, were distinctly different and individually characteristic.

  Anna Brownell Jameson

  Offering, Hands, Church

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• Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.

  Henry Home, Lord Kames

  Wisdom, Men, Giving

  Henry HOME (Lord Kames.) (1789). “Introduction to the Art of Thinking. Fourth edition, enlarged, etc”, p.28

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• What man in his right senses, that has wherewithal to live free, would make himself a slave for superfluities? What does that man want who has enough? Or what is he the better for abundance that can never be satisfied.

  Roger L'Estrange

  Men, Doe, Want

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• [Preface to second edition:] ... I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be.

  Anne Bronte

  Sex, Book, May

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• I am not merely satisfied in making money for myself, for I am endeavoring to provide employment for hundreds of women of my race. ... I want to say to every Negro woman present, don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!

  Madam C. J. Walker

  Opportunity, Race, Role Models

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• The reason you want every single thing that you want, is because you think you will feel really good when you get there. But, if you don't feel really good on your way to there, you can't get there. You have to be satisfied with what-is while you're reaching for more.

  Esther Hicks

  Thinking, Want, Way

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• Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.

  Barbara Mertz

  Cat, Self, Looks

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• Our religious needs are our deepest needs. There is no peace till they are satisfied and contented. The attempt to stifle them is in vain. If their cry be drowned by the noise of the world, they do not cease to exist. They must be answered.

  Isaac Hecker

  Religious, Religion, Needs

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• Customers who are merely satisfied remain your customers only as long as everything goes their way.

  Chip R. Bell

  Educational, Long, Way

  Chip R Bell, John R Patterson (2007). “Customer Loyalty Guaranteed: Create, Lead, and Sustain Remarkable Customer Service”, p.20, Adams Media

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• What I gained by being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own country.

  Samuel Johnson

  Country, France, My Own

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished”, p.338

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• I want be an entertainer that doesn't just work in one specific field, but a variety of things. If I become an artist that influences people in many different directions and aspects, I think I would be satisfied for having achieved my biggest goal.

  Min

  Artist, Thinking, People

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• When a natural king becomes a titular king, every body is pleased and satisfied.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Leadership, Kings, Body

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Wallace E. Williams, Joseph Slater (1987). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men: seven lectures”, p.372, Harvard University Press

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• Men are inconsolable concerning the treachery of their friends or the deceptions of their enemies; and yet they are often very highly satisfied to be both deceived and betrayed by their own selves.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Friends, Men, Self

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• One of the cool things about ski racing is there is never a perfect run so it's hard to be satisfied in that sense, you can always go that extra step, i don't think any of us have the realistic goal of having the perfect run. Ski racing is the most variable sport out there, conditions change run-to-run, we only get one chance at it and the margin for error is tiny.

  Ted Ligety

  Change, Sports, Running

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• My strong sense of discipline has always been with me, and it also gave me the need for deep affection. I have never been satisfied with acquaintances who are superficial, volatile, or quick to change. I have surrounded myself with people with whom I am in total complicity.

  Giorgio Armani

  Strong, Deep Affection, Discipline

  Interview with Daniela Morera, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 21, 2008.

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• Here's the problem with Common Core. The Department of Education, like every federal agency, will never be satisfied. They will not stop with it being a suggestion. They will turn it into a mandate.In fact, what they will begin to say to local communities is, you will not get federal money unless do you things the way we want you to do it. And they will use Common Core or any other requirements that exists nationally to force it down the throats of our people in our states.

  Marco Rubio

  Agency, People, Community

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I like to bless people and do things without the world knowing about it, because I'm not in it for the glory. I do it because it comes from my heart. As long as I keep doing that, I'm satisfied.

  Adrian Peterson

  Heart, Knowing, Long

  "Adrian Peterson on his future, criticism, legacy and more". Interview with Ben Goessling, www.espn.com. August 7, 2015.

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• These are fountains of salvation that they who thirst may be satisfied with the living words they contain. In these alone is proclaimed the doctrine of godliness. Let no man add to these, neither let him take out from these.

  Athanasius of Alexandria

  Men, Doctrine, Add

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