Delayed Satisfaction Quotes

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with. It is the only decent way to live.

Giving up on our long-term goals for immediate gratification, my friends, is procrastination.

The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called "spannungsbogen" -- which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.

America's greatest sin is the refusal to delay gratification.

Waiting is a big part of life. We don't like to admit that, especially our generation; we don't like to wait on stuff. We want stuff immediately.

Writing never had the immediate gratification I was looking for.

Immaturity is the inability to delay self gratification.

Not every one of our desires can be immediately gratified. We’ve got to learn to wait patiently for our dreams to come true, especially on the path we’ve chosen.

We want instant food … instant peace. We need patience, patience, patience

Being willing to delay pleasure for a greater result is a sign of maturity.

Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment industry, everything their parents always used to tell them they had to wait for until they grew up and would understand later.

Economists say the inability to delay gratification is a primary predictor of economic failure in life.

Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today.

I came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never waited; they were there upon waking. Our family has a problem with what they called delayed gratification. We want what we want when we want it, and we always want it now.

I think my generation is obsessed with instant gratification. We want everything now, now, now.

I always try to keep a positive perspective on what's valuable and the importance of restricting that immediate gratification and, most importantly, that who you are isn't the stuff you have.

Seek instant gratification - or the elusive promise of it - and chances are you'll find a crowd there ahead of you.

I don't think patience is something that any of us grow up with in a large dose. It's a world of instant gratification.

Working is not instantly rewarding. It's a long process, and it's much easier to just feed whatever dopamine cycles exist in your brain in instant gratification ways. I get it; I do it.

[The consumer] shown new styles in the moment, but she's not going to get them for another six months - and I think that's very confusing for her. She feels she's seen it all by the time it comes around. She's also a little bored. She's really into [snaps her fingers], "Wear-now-buy-now."

Instant gratification is not soon enough.

Nobody knows what anticipation is anymore. Everything is so immediate.

People like things they can do now, not just think about.