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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will. -- Michel de Montaigne
Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best. -- Maude Adams
Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life. -- Thomas A. Edison
Do right always. It will give you satisfaction in life. -- Wovoka
A man who experiences no genuine satisfaction in life does not want peace. Men court war to escape meaninglessness and boredom, to be relieved of fear and frustration. -- Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferre
I have a very happy marriage and friends who keep my feet on the ground. But looking for satisfaction in life is difficult. Maybe being happy is as simple as not being unhappy. -- Jasper Carrott
Living big and joyful and content is almost always the result of our finding satisfaction in life's ordinary day-to-day pleasures. And God must be fond of them, too, for He made so many of them for us to enjoy. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Being satisfied with the little we have; academically, spiritually, financially, ecumenically or otherwise will prevent a lot of problems from coming to us, and our dependence in our abilities and talents will go as far as bringing us satisfaction in life. -- Michael Bassey Johnson
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make to them; a man may live long, yet get little from life. Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will - Montaigne, Essays -- Barbara Taylor Bradford
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. -- Arthur Schopenhauer
Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life. -- Linus Pauling
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice. -- Khalil Gibran
I have great emotion every time I go on stage. Nothing in life gives me the same satisfaction that my profession gives me. -- Jose Carreras
While, in general, life satisfaction goes up with wealth, beyond the safety net more and more wealth brings very radically diminishing returns on life satisfaction. -- Steve Jurvetson
People often get very entangled in their work and life, so de-stressing is very important to keep generating fresh ideas and provide satisfaction with one's activities. -- Sunidhi Chauhan
The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites. -- George A. Smith
For me, I find that even though I've accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn't give me a sense of satisfaction. -- Alan Alda
Life satisfaction essentially measures cheerful moods, so it is not entitled to a central place in any theory that aims to be more than a happiology. -- Martin Seligman
Passion moves freely across borders, speaks every language, and flourishes in every culture. The movement of passion is the most gratifying satisfaction in any moviemaker's life. -- Saul Zaentz
I used to hold a unitary view, in which I proposed that only experienced happiness matters, and that life satisfaction is a fallible estimate of true happiness. -- Daniel Kahneman
Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things that he considers worthwhile and valuable. -- Meir Kahane
We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve. -- Maxwell Maltz
A mere ape in our world may be a scholar in its own, and the low life of any beast may be a source of deep satisfaction for the beast itself. -- Jeffrey Kluger
Experienced happiness refers to your feelings, to how happy you are as you live your life. In contrast, the satisfaction of the remembering self refers to your feelings when you think about your life. -- Daniel Kahneman
With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction. -- Samuel E. Morison
We know that the French are very different from the Americans in their satisfaction with life. They're much less satisfied. Americans are pretty high up there, while the French are quite low - the world champions in life satisfaction are actually the Danes. -- Daniel Kahneman
Yes, there is a burden of financial insecurity. I don't think you find it in mood. Income is correlated with life satisfaction, so maybe you do find it in life satisfaction. You don't find it in mood, and I think it is very important. -- Daniel Kahneman
My family life is a deep source of satisfaction. -- James Heckman
This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction. -- Henry David Thoreau
Eighty percent of life's satisfaction comes from meaningful relationships. -- Brian Tracy
The earnestness of life is the only passport to satisfaction of life. -- Theodore Parker
There is a deep, abiding, unshakable satisfaction in a life of complete failure. -- Edward Abbey
The more challenging the obstacles in life, the greater the satisfaction in overcoming them. -- Murad S. Shah
Free enterprise is essentially a formula not just for wealth creation, but for life satisfaction. -- Arthur C. Brooks
Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.Linus Pauling -- Linus Pauling
The three horrors of modern life - talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction. -- Mignon McLaughlin
This life is not real. I conquered the world and it did not bring me satisfaction. -- Muhammad Ali
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice. -- Lord Acton
The satisfaction of life May not be ours, But the beauty of hope Is all ours. -- Sri Chinmoy
The best way to insure you achieve the greatest satisfaction out of life is to behave intentionally. -- Deborah
The best way to insure you achieve the greatest satisfaction out of life is to behave intentionally. -- Deborah
There will never be complete satisfaction in the life, satisfaction is an illusion, there is only heroism. -- Amit Kalantri
Work-life balance was a mistake from the start. Because we don't really want balance. We want satisfaction. -- Matthew Kelly
Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call flourishing. -- Julian Baggini
Live a life that will make you look back in old age at your life and grin in satisfaction. -- Sunday Adelaja
We live our lives for our life's sake, rather than for illusions about rewards and satisfaction after we're dead. -- PZ Myers
We were created for meaningful work, and one of life's greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done. -- John C. Maxwell
Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction than any other venture of life. -- Carrie Chapman Catt
Nature's government spontaneously brings satisfaction to everyone because it promotes all innumerable, diverse tendencies of life in the evolutionary direction. -- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Engage your life with enthusiasm; grasp your life aggressively and squeeze from it every drop of excitement, satisfaction, and joy. -- Felix Baumgartner
We're all killers at heart . . . . I have never taken anybody's life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction. -- Clarence Darrow
Your joy, your happiness, your satisfaction and your ability to dance with life, depends solely on what you pay attention to. -- Susan Jeffers
The entrepreneurial life is one of challenge, work, dedication, perseverance, exhilaration, agony, accomplishment, failure, sacrifice, control, powerlessness... but ultimately, extraordinary satisfaction. -- David S. Rose
I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction. -- Roman Polanski
You can have peace of mind, improved health and an ever-increasing flow of energy. Life can be full of joy and satisfaction. -- Norman Vincent Peale
There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production. -- Zygmunt Bauman
The satisfaction to be derived from success in a great constructive enterprise is one of the most massive that life has to offer. -- Bertrand Russell
We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. -- Sigmund Freud
You can enjoy a deep sense of satisfaction and happiness in life despite challenging circumstances. It's all in how you think about it. -- Kristi Bowman
Contentment is a state of happiness and satisfaction. The choices we make are our own decisions for how we want to live our life. -- Ellen J. Barrier
There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction. -- Philip Johnson
..a man may live long, yet live very little. Satisfaction in life depends not on the number of your years, but on your will. -- Michel de Montaigne
The mountain represents your purpose in life. You and your people will enjoy the greatest success and satisfaction if you relentlessly pursue your purpose. -- Paul G. Stoltz
We usually think that a strong economy leads to an increase in life satisfaction among the population. We found that's not the case in Scotland. -- David Blanchflower
Whether you're married or not, relationships - and the satisfaction tied to them - are extremely important for increasing men's and women's quality of life. -- Helen Fisher
Getting a burp out of your little thing when she needs it is probably the greatest satisfaction I've come across at this point in my life. -- Brad Pitt
How long does it take your soul to realize that your life is full? The slower the living, the greater the sense of fullness and satisfaction. -- Ann Voskamp
She was full of some strange energy that morning. Her every movement had purpose and life and she seemed to find satisfaction in every little thing. -- Anna Godbersen
Meditation is acceptance. It is the acceptance of life within us, without us and all around us. Acceptance of life is the beginning of human satisfaction. -- Sri Chinmoy
There are countless studies on the negative spillover of job pressures on family life, but few on how job satisfaction enhances the quality of family life. -- Albert Bandura
You rarely achieve finality. If you did, life would be over, but as you strive new visions open before you, new possibilities for the satisfaction of living. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
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My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career. -- Pete Maravich
In life, you don't get instant satisfaction. In life, you get to slog. You work. You grow. You take the long view. You fill the void with self-actualization. -- Amy Dickinson
The whole point of life is to maximize your emotional income. Getting that ball and going is a tremendous physical thrill, an ego thrill, a personal power satisfaction. -- John McNally
The greatest satisfaction comes not from chasing pleasure and avoiding pain, but from the radical acceptance of life as it is, without fighting and clinging to passing desires. -- Noah Levine
Individuals transform when there is a shift in the principle which orients their life from one of gaining satisfaction to one of expressing the satisfaction they've already got. -- Werner Erhard
She was a woman attempting to make some sense of, and get some satisfaction from, a life that seemed to have no more logic than a roulette wheel. -- Vincent Canby
Because IQ tests favor memory skills and logic, overlooking artistic creativity, insight, resiliency, emotional reserves, sensory gifts, and life experience, they can't really predict success, let alone satisfaction. -- Diane Ackerman
To eat with a fuller consciousness of all that is at stake might sound like a burden, but in practice few things in life afford quite as much satisfaction. -- Michael Pollan
I have so much satisfaction in my life. I have a beautiful wife and the great stimulation of an interesting career. I'm the most happy fellow that I know. -- Brendan Fraser
The children are being conditioned to think that the purpose of life is to get a good job. You get paid but you don't get satisfaction from your work. -- Satish Kumar
The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named 'combination'. -- Emanuel Lasker

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